John Cronkite

Bio

John Cronkite is a Lecturer and Leadership Coach at Stanford University in the Graduate School of Business. He teaches Leadership Labs and Leadership Coaching and serves as a Leadership Coach in the Arbuckle Leadership Fellows Program and as a Senior Facilitator in the Interpersonal Dynamics courses.

John is the founder and principal consultant of the Dirigo Consulting Group that provides executive coaching for high technology executives.

John understands leadership and change first-hand from his positions as Human Resources Director for several high technology companies and change consultant roles within the high technology and pharmaceutical industries.

He received an Ed.D in Adult Learning and Organizational Change from Boston University and an MBA in Financial Management from Michigan State University.

He is a member of the NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science: a non-profit organization whose purpose is to advance the field of applied behavioral science by providing training in the theory and practice of group dynamics, organizational change and societal change. 

Teaching

Degree Courses

2017-18

OB 209: Leadership Laboratory

In the Leadership Labs class we ask you to consider the question, "Why would someone follow YOU?" This is a course in which you consider what kind of leader you want to be, what kind of leader you are, and how to align your leadership behavior...

OB 345: Leadership Coaching

The ability to coach others is an often over-looked core competency for leaders. This course will give second year MBA and MSx students an opportunity to learn the fundamental skills of coaching, so they can become coaching managers. This course...

2016-17

OB 209: Leadership Laboratory

In the Leadership Labs class we ask you to consider the question, "Why would someone follow YOU?" This is a course in which you consider what kind of leader you want to be, what kind of leader you are, and how to align your leadership behavior...

OB 345: Leadership Coaching

The ability to coach others is an often over-looked core competency for leaders. This course will give MBA2 and MSx students an opportunity to learn the fundamental skills of coaching, so they can become coaching managers. This course is designed...