John Kanengieter

About John

John is an executive coach, strategic leadership consultant and principal at Zero Point Partners. His expertise is leadership development, teamwork and decision-making for executives in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. His practice focuses on building resilient leaders and high-functioning teams in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

He is a Senior Fellow at the McNulty Center for Leadership at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He teaches executive leadership, the Advanced Management Program, and high-performance teams through Wharton Executive Education. He also develops leadership curriculum, is a keynote speaker at conferences, and leads Wharton Leadership Venture expeditions for MBA students.

He holds a master’s degree in Applied Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Executive Coaching and Consulting in Organizations and specializes in executive coaching and working with teams in challenging and high-risk work systems. With a background in leading international mountaineering expeditions, John applies his wilderness experiences to the classroom and boardroom. He has worked with teams on every continent in some of the more remote places on the planet.

John is a teacher at heart. His career spanned nearly 30 years at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), where he served as the Director for Leadership. His experience includes being a principle educator, contracted by NASA, to work with International Space Station astronauts in the realms of team dynamics and leadership on extended space expeditions. His work extends across industry sectors and leadership levels. His clients include Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Alcoa, ExxonMobil, Johnson & Johnson, and leadership development programs for the U.S. Naval Academy.

John and his wife Ginny live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming where they enjoy the benefits of mountain air and life. He is an avid skier, cyclist and all things outdoors.