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Dialing Up Your Leadership: Getting Results Without Losing Trust with John J. Lentini
Leadership is tested when the decision isn't obvious, the pressure is high, or delivering results conflicts with what people need from you.
How do you stay focused on outcomes without compromising your values or losing the trust of your team?
Join leadership development practitioner and former global finance and operations executive John J. Lentini for an introduction to his Six-Dial framework for building better leaders. The framework connects the habits that help us lead ourselves—discipline, mindset, and resilience—with the qualities that help us lead others—integrity, empathy, and influence.
John will walk you through the framework and a guided self-assessment to consider where your leadership is consistent, where it may falter under pressure, and which behavior could benefit from focused attention. Then, in a small group, you'll work through a current leadership challenge or situation with other participants in a facilitated discussion (organized in pairs or groups of three depending on attendance), and consider which of the Six Dials may be relevant.
What you'll take away:
A clearer picture of your leadership behaviors and one area to develop.
A practical framework for thinking through difficult leadership situations.
Fresh perspectives from other participants who may approach similar challenges differently.
One insight, question, or next step to take back to work.
This evening is designed for:
Business owners and founders
Functional leaders
Senior managers and other leaders who are responsible for people and outcomes, and want to navigate difficult situations with sound judgment, stronger relationships, and greater trust
Program:
6:00~6:15 p.m.: Arrival Reception
6:15~7:20 p.m.: Welcome, John's Presentation, and Guided Individual Self-Assessment
7:20~7:50 p.m.: Small Group Discussion: Putting the Framework into Practice
7:50~8:30 p.m.: Closing Reception
Come with an openness to other perspectives, and leave with a more deliberate way to approach it.
Food and refreshments are included.
📍Manhattan. The venue will be shared with approved registrants.
We may photograph and record portions of the presentation and event, including audience reactions, questions, and participation. Small-group discussions will not be intentionally recorded. You are welcome to attend without consenting to promotional use of your image or voice. Just let us know when you arrive so we can explain the available arrangements. You may still appear incidentally in general event footage.
About John J. Lentini
Header & Event Description Photo Credit: Tom Trevatt Photography
John J. Lentini is a former global operations and finance executive, leadership development practitioner and keynote speaker whose leadership experience was built inside some of the world's largest financial institutions.
During more than two decades in financial services, John held senior leadership positions including SVP, Americas Head of Equities Operations at HSBC and Director-level roles at Credit Suisse, where he led Finance and Operations teams in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, he worked in operational roles at Deutsche Bank, and Mizuho Capital Markets / Fuji Capital Markets.
Today, as President of BOLD Training Corp and an authorized Crestcom International partner serving NY, NJ, CT, RI and DE, John works with senior leaders and managers through leadership development, coaching and training.
His Six-Dial framework for character-driven leadership forms the foundation of his forthcoming book, Engineering Character: Six Dials to Build Better Leaders.
As a speaker, John brings that practical experience to the stage. His 2025 TEDx Talk, Three Dials to Lead You: A Control Panel for Life & Leadership, introduced half of his 6-dial framework to build better leaders and has attracted more than 300,000 views. He has recently presented to audiences including the 2026 SHRM New York State Conference. His work is focused on helping leaders translate experience, character and sound judgment into better decisions, stronger teams and greater trust.
📚 Pre-Order Engineering Character: Six Dials to Build Better Leaders
Engineering Character delivers a practical, diagnostic six-dial framework, built from decades of global crisis leadership and grounded in the stories of history’s most iconic leaders. This isn’t theory—each dial is battle-tested and illustrated through lived experience, from the chaos of 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, to iconic figures like Mandela and Lincoln. You’ll learn how to deliberately engineer Character by calibrating Discipline, Mindset, Resilience, Integrity, Empathy, and Influence. Includes diagnostic self-assessments and a bonus chapter on Creativity as the seventh dial for modern stewardship.
Engineering Character's expected release date: July 20, 2027.
Refund & Cancellation Policy: All ticket sales are final and non-refundable. If you need to cancel, you may apply your ticket value as a one-time credit toward a future Midlife Path event with written notice at least 72 hours before the event's start time.
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