Mike Lerario
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Mike Lerario

Mike Lerario is President and Principal Consultant for Crispian Consulting Inc., a firm that provides specialized training and coaching in Leadership Development and organizational effectiveness. Additionally, Mike serves as a subject matter expert on numerous research projects for the Army and the Department of Defense. 

A 1983 graduate of the United States Military Academy, Mike served 23 years as an Infantry Officer in Airborne Ranger assignments and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2006 after serving with the Joint Special Operations Command. 

Mr. Lerario's Army career includes command assignments through battalion level and staff assignments as an operations officer at battalion, brigade, and joint staff levels. He has multiple combat tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. 

Following his retirement from active duty, Mr. Lerario worked as an Operational Advisor with the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) and with NATO training "Attack the Network" and Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations. He returned to Afghani- stan in 2013 to assist in the training and development of the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) and in 2014 to serve as Senior Command Advisor to the three-star commanding general of all NATO operational forces in Afghanistan. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (with a concentration in Military History) and a Master of Art in Leadership Development, both degrees from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. 

He and his wife, Martha, have been married 38 years, have two happily married sons and have three amazing grandchildren.

Mike is the author of the 2016 Amazon.com International Best Seller Leadership in Balance: The Fulcrum-Centric Plan for Emerging and High Potential Leaders. Management in Balance: The Fulcrum-Centric Plan for New and Reluctant Managers is a companion to his first book, defining management and establishing a contrast to leadership.

His next book, Solving the Leader's Dilemma: Finding the Balance between Management and Leadership, is scheduled for publication in the summer of 2023.
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