ABOUT
John Lentini | The Leadership Engineer
John Lentini builds leaders the way engineers build bridges: with precision, with purpose, and with structures designed to hold weight when everything around them shifts.
As President of BOLD Training Corp and an authorized Crestcom International partner serving the Northeast, John brings a rare combination of real-world crisis leadership and proven development frameworks to organizations ready to invest in their people.
His TEDx Talk, "Three Dials to Lead You," has surpassed 175,000 views and introduced audiences worldwide to the first half his signature Six Dial framework, a model that defines the building blocks of character-driven leadership.
John's credibility is forged in the field. He spent over 20 years as a global executive leading high-performance teams across the
Americas, APAC, and EMEA. He was at the World Trade Centeron September 11, 2001.
He led a regional team through the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Tokyo. He built a new business from the abyss of COVID. These are not case studies he read about. They are defining moments that shaped how he thinks about leadership, resilience, and the responsibility that comes with influence.
His upcoming book, Engineering Character: Six Dials to Build Better Leaders (Forefront Books, March 2027), distills decades of leadership experience into a framework any leader can apply, regardless of title, industry, or tenure.
A black belt in taekwondo, an avid scuba diver, and a traveler who has visited over 60 countries across all seven continents, John carries the perspective of someone who has navigated wildly different cultures, contexts, and challenges. That perspective shows up in every room he enters.
John holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut and a degree in Finance from Fairfield University. He has delivered commencement addresses and spoken to audiences ranging from emerging managers to C-suite executives.
When you bring John Lentini to your stage, you are not getting a motivational performance. You are getting a leadership engineer who will give your people practical frameworks they can actually use.