Meet John L. Bedker II, PhD

Dr. John Bedker is passionate about leadership. It has been his professional life’s work. Through training, knowledge, and experience, John delivers excellence In serving others.

Practitioner,

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an international management consulting firm specializing in leadership and management development. Delivering consultative support and advisory services from one-on-one support to multidisciplinary team advisory services to complex organizations

Scholar,

PhD in Leadership and Organizational Behavior from Henley Business School, Executive-in-Residence teaching leadership at the Colorado School of Mines, Fulbright Scholar, and Fulbright Professor of Labor, Management, and Leadership at Belarus State Economic University.

The #1 Ranked officer in every Naval Unit assigned in over 24 years of Active and Naval Reserve Service. Naval Reserve Unit support assignments include Executive Officer (XO), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower support unit; Executive Officer Joint NATO Base Keflavik, Iceland support unit; Commanding Officer (CO) Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Support Unit Northeast (CVNE); Special Assistant to N78, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Captain Bedker concluded his Naval Reserve Service with a major command, Commanding Officer, Headquarters Unit, Force Protection, and Security, Atlantic.

Dr. Bedker’s Fulbright Scholar award provided for his Fulbright to include leadership support to U.S. Embassy Minsk. This support was highlighted by Dr. Bedker showcasing NATO’s role and alliance building at the prequel to war between Russia and Ukraine.

Dr. Bedker is the author of the following publications:

Understanding Professional Identity in Unionized Expert Labor; An Exploratory Study of United States Airline Pilots Following Merger-Acquisition Events (University Of Reading, Henley Business School, 2016)

The Political Utility of B-Scales in Elite Unionism (Harvard University, 1991)