On episode 184 I am joined by Dr. Michelle K. Johnston. Michelle is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert helping leaders achieve results through meaningful connection. She is an award-winning professor studying leadership and business communication, and her research has shown a clear link between a team’s effective communication and its positive financial performance.

Michelle is a celebrated keynote speaker presenting at conferences and events nationwide. She received her Ph.D in Communication from Louisiana State University, and she was named to the prestigious 100 Coaches group, which consists of the top executive coaches around the world.

Michelle serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans where she teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs in the College of Business. She lives in her beloved city of New Orleans, Louisiana, with her daughter, Elizabeth. The Seismic Shift in Leadership is her first book.

In this episode you will hear:

01:00 kicking and screaming to a Ph.D

02:30 pain or passion driven purpose?

05:00 rate my professor - seeing you through their lens

06:45 New Orleans - a place where you don’t have to be perfect

08:30 Ok Michelle, where do we start?

11:00 a story of owning your story

13:30 Kind bars

15:30 how has connection got anything to do with enhancing performance?

19:50 Connecting beyond the intellect

22:45 Business rituals

28:00 the negative ripple effect

29:30 The Seismic Shift

32:00 Get to the Gemba

35:00 If we don’t feel safe, we become more stupid

39:30 Meaningful connection

42:00 Embracing the whole of me

44:45 How to own your calendar

48:00 Michelle’s Heatprint

51:00 1 act of kindness drives 7 more

I hope this interview inspires your heart-centred leadership.

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Ryan

Connect with Dr. Michelle

Website: https://michellekjohnston.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-johnston-0264b5b

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/drmkjohnston

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-seismic-shift-with-michelle-johnston/id1625361801

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