JC GLICK – Ret. Lt Colonel
LTC (Ret) JC Glick serves as the CEO of the COMMIT Foundation and is a leadership consultant who advises at the strategic, operational, team, and individual levels. He has a strong background in leadership development, executive personnel assessment and selection, strategy, coaching, counseling, and developing innovative solutions to complex problems.
JC served in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer for 20 years, primarily in special operations and special missions units with more than 11 combat tours. Since retiring from the military, JC has brought his innovative and unconventional thoughts on education, leadership, and resiliency into the private sector. Since retiring from the Army, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies, international non-profit organizations, government agencies, the NFL, numerous NFL and NBA teams, and multiple NCAA programs.
JC is also the author of the books A Light in the Darkness: Leadership Development for the Unknown and Meditations of an Army Ranger: A Warrior Philosophy for Everyone. In 2017, he was selected as a TEDx Speaker and delivered Rethinking Leadership at TEDX Hammond.
JC is considered a thought leader in adaptive and proactive programs of instruction centered on the development of leadership behaviors, culture, and values suited to dynamic environments and situations of ambiguity and adversity. JC developed the “Prodromos Developmental Model”, a capacity-building system designed to develop people and leaders for the future, which is outlined in his first book. His methods have been featured in Forbes Magazine and the Huffington Post, and his work is regularly referenced in Forbes, Inc., and Entrepreneur.
He holds a Master’s Degree from the Naval War College and was a Senior Fellow in the Service Chief’s Fellowship at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
He has earned 3 Bronze Stars, 3 Meritorious Service Medals, a Joint Commendation Medal, and the Order of Saint Maurice. JC was recognized as a Distinguished Member of the 39th Infantry Regiment by the Chief of Staff of the Army and was inducted into the University of Rhode Island ROTC Hall of Fame. He is a Liberty Fellow, a part of The Aspen Institute and the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
