John Kanengieter

Principal & Wharton Senior Fellow

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John is a Principal at Zero Point Partners, a leadership and executive management consulting firm based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. His practice as an Executive Coach and Management Consultant focuses on system dynamics for the purpose of helping individuals and teams achieve their full potential.

John is also honored to be a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School Center for Leadership and Change Management.

His work includes strategic planning and leadership & team development for NASA Shuttle and International Space Station crews, tech, conservation, education, government and energy industries. Among John's many clients include NASA, ALCOA, The Wharton School, Microsoft, Google, Cisco Systems, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Duke University, Exxon-Mobil, and The National Outdoor Leadership School.

When John isn't working, he is passionate about his family, mountain climbing, fly-fishing, and endurance cycling, but really loves anything to do with the outdoors and a good book.

Expertise:

  • Executive coaching

  • Communication & leadership development

  • Strategic planning

  • Building high-performance teams

  • System thinking

 
 
 
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MORE ABOUT JOHN

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Senior Fellows are appointed by the Center for Leadership and Change Management to support the Center with a variety of research initiatives, teachings and global projects. They provide an essential link between the Wharton community and the foremost leaders in business, public service, and government.

 

A background in leading mountaineering expeditions gives John valuable experience that he now applies in his work. Here, he discusses how to navigate risk.

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Interviewed in TED podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant on episode How to trust people you don’t like.

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Featured in American Banking Association’s Banking Journal article There’s No ‘I’ in Lead.

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Interviewed by The Jackson Hole Connection on episode Designing Leadership and Finding Balance.