About John Terry
John L. Terry, III is a 2x martial arts hall of fame inductee, international speaker and trainer, BestSelling author, and is considered an expert in leadership, communication, sales, and teambuilding. He is the founder and CEO of Black Belt Leadership, a coaching and consulting company focused on training values-based, people-centric leaders who in turn build highly motivated, results-oriented, high-performance, non-leader-dependent teams. John is a DISC-certified human behavior consultant, a Real-Life Management Master Coach & Trainer, and a CTAA-Accredited Emotional Intelligence Coach. He has been a Sales Coach and Trainer to the financial services community for more than 20 years.
John’s latest book Black Belt Leadership 101 debuted as a #1 New Release on Amazon.com in March 2020 and remained on the Amazon Best Sellers List for nearly 3 months. Considered one of the definitive guides on developing leaders, John highlights the leadership principles he has mastered as he obtained black belts in multiple martial arts styles and applies them to helping leaders discover, develop and deploy the Black Belt Leader within while learning to live life in the endless pursuit of Black Belt Excellence.
He is the Founder and President of Black Belt Leadership. The President and CEO of the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame. The Executive Director of The John Maxwell Team, a leadership development company. He is also a Human Behavior Consultant for DISC Personality Profiles
