John Gallagher

Founder & CEO

John Gallagher is the founder and CEO of Growing Champions Coaching & Consulting Company. John has consulted and coached dozens of renowned companies and their leaders across the globe including IBM, Mitsubishi Electric, Eaton Corporation, and Harvard University as well as other small companies alike to achieve exceptional results around People development, productivity improvement, profitability, and growth. With over 25+ years’ experience on Leadership and Lean, John is widely regarded by CEO's and senior executives. John's insights have been published in books, articles, and interviews and his own personal transformation journey to health was documented at MensHealth.com. As a coach and consultant to leaders and organizations, John’s intentional and equanimous approach can help the c-suite and senior executive team suffering from mediocrity and underperformance to experience Uncommon Impact through utilizing his powerful, 7 Step methodology.
As a coach, consultant, podcaster and author, John's diverse background gives him a broad range of perspectives on leadership. John is the host of the Uncommon Leader podcast - a podcast designed for individuals who are ready to engage their heart, mind and soul in growing themselves and others to lead in an Uncommon way. Through his work on the Uncommon Leader Podcast, John has worked with CEO's, Pastors, Coaches, authors, and up and coming uncommon leaders, including people like Jeff Henderson and Jeremy Scott.
John's blog, the Champions Brew, is a weekly assembly of material he is reading, listening to, watching, or thinking about that is designed to equip and call you to uncommon leadership which epitomizes his passion for helping leaders to grow themselves and grow others to BE the powerful influence that God created them to be.
John received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University. John has been married to his wife, Chris, for nearly 30 years and has two grown sons Brendan and Joseph. In his personal time, John likes to read, Traeger, watch sports and put carts back in the corral that people leave in the parking lot! John resides in Myrtle Beach, SC