Personalized Books and Self-Guided Journals!
Personalized Books and Self-Guided Journals!


I help organizations strengthen their leadership, culture, and performance through keynotes, workshops, and coaching.
My background as a teacher, coach, and Army officer gives me a unique, practical approach to solving real-world challenges.
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M.J. Electric brings its new hires from all over the Midwest to Iron Mountain each quarter for an onboarding event. JVD was asked to be the guest keynote speaker.
He delivered a customized interactive keynote on culture, climate, and where you fit as a new hire.
Sometimes you have to adjust your lingo to match the audience. It's easier to show you than to tell...no cap!
I had the absolute HONOR of delivering the keynote address at the Kingsford High School veteran's day program.

Lesson 1, Football, and Teaching products are available on Printafy!
They make the perfect gift for a friend or to treat yourself!
John has been teaching middle school and coaching high school sports since 2005. He is now teaching 8th-grade U.S. History and coaching Varsity football.
He served for 20 years in the Michigan Army National Guard with combat deployments to Iraq as a Platoon Leader, and Afghanistan as a Company Commander. He has also served on Battalion and Division staff. He is currently serving in the U.S. Army Reserves as an instructor for the Command and General Staff College. In 2023 John was named the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Instructor of the Year.
LESSON 1 takes experiences from the classroom, the lockerroom, and the battlefield and shapes them into leadership lessons that you can use at work, with your family, or anywhere that you are called upon to lead.

John VanDusen
Kingsford, Michigan