Helping Leaders Shape Culture, Drive Strategy & Create Lasting Impact

John Barrett partners with executive and senior leaders to build powerful cultures, align strategy, and drive meaningful change. With a deep focus on influence, insight, and integrity, John helps leaders expand their networks and capabilities to deliver sustainable, high-impact results.

Key Expertise:

• Executive Coaching & Leadership Development

• Organizational Culture & Strategic Alignment

• Change Leadership & Influence Building

• Performance Management & Executive Assessment

Career & Experience

With over 30 years of experience coaching and facilitating leadership development in the U.S. and internationally, John has worked with clients across industries, especially automotive and packaged goods. His work spans C-suite leaders to frontline teams in sales, engineering, supply chain, HR, marketing, and customer service.

John supports leaders in leveraging their strengths, addressing blind spots, and aligning with peers to achieve big-picture goals. His recent work includes executive coaching grounded in assessments, C-suite performance and incentive design, and executive search facilitation. His approach emphasizes the leader’s responsibility to think deeply, act wisely, and solve complex challenges with lasting solutions.

Originally from Canberra, Australia, John began his career with Outward Bound, guiding leadership development in the Australian Outback. He also led program services at Starr Commonwealth’s EverGreen Center for Personal and Professional Development.

John is co-author of What Great Teams Do Great: How Ordinary People Accomplish the Extraordinary and 50 DOs for Everyday Leadership: Lessons Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To). He holds certifications from the American Confidence Institute, the ACE Coach Accelerator, and the International Coaching Federation. He earned an honors degree in psychology from the Australian National University.

Beyond Work

John is grounded by his values of authenticity, courage, and care—for his family, clients, and the Humanergy team. Guided by the quote “Let your life speak,” John strives to lead with integrity and amplify the greater good through every interaction.

Based in Battle Creek, Michigan. Serving clients in Battle Creek, Detroit and Ann Arbor, and supporting leaders statewide and across the U.S. through virtual and on-site coaching.