Explore " michelle johnston" with insightful episodes like "Haunting fiction with Shehan Karunatilaka, Steve Toltz and many more", "The Seismic Shift in Leadership - Michelle Johnston", "Parties, miracles and Pop Tarts with Deepti Kapoor, Michelle Johnston and Kevin Wilson", "Why Connected Leaders Win with Michelle Johnston" and "Do we need a revolution? Bruce Pascoe, James Bradley, Michelle Johnston, Lesley Head" from podcasts like ""The Book Show", "Grit Nation", "The Book Show", "Expand Your Zone" and "Science Friction - Hello AI Overlords"" and more!
Things are getting spooky on The Book Show, as we explore ghostly fiction. Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka and Australian Steve Toltz will imagine the afterlife with their beyond-the-grave novels. Jennifer Mills, SJ Norman and Kevin Jared Hosein will tell you about the ghosts haunting their books, and Josh Kemp and Michelle Johnston will take you to the ghost towns that inspired their fiction.
On this episode I have the pleasure of speaking with management professor, leadership expert and author of, The Seismic Shift in Leadership.
Her name is Michelle Johnston and on today’s show we discuss her book to learn more about how to be a better, more connected leader in today’s world whether in the boardroom or on the jobsite.
We’ll open our conversation by learning what the seismic shift is and why the transition from an old-school style of command-and-control leadership to one of collaboration and teamwork is beneficial to a company’s bottom line and moral.
Next, we’ll unpack a few of the themes from Michelle’s book that contribute to this shift, beginning with self-connection, and why being authentic and true to your brand is so important to your role as a leader.
Later, we’ll discuss the significance of having values that are in alignment with your organization and how owning your calendar can be so empowering to your career.
And we’ll wrap up our conversation by discussing influences in Michelle’s journey to being an executive coach and why surrounding herself with positive role models was so crucial to building the future that she wanted to achieve.
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https://michellekjohnston.com/book/
Indian writer Deepti Kapoor takes on corruption, wealth and poverty in India in her novel The Age of Vice, Michelle Johnston takes you deep in to the basement of the Perth hospital where she works and writes and American author Kevin Wilson's "book for prudish teens", Now is Not the Time to Panic.
In this episode of Expand Your Zone, host Zachary Ames is joined by Michelle Johnston. Michelle Johnston is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert who serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans. Michelle’s first book, The Seismic Shift in Leadership, is an Amazon bestseller and details the need for leaders to shift from a command and control leadership style to one that focuses on connection because Connection drives long-lasting results. She was recently named one of the most influential New Orleanians, a top 500 business leader, and a Woman of the Year by CityBusiness. Michelle is a celebrated keynote speaker presenting at conferences and events nationwide.
Zachary and Michelle discuss her book The Seismic Shift in Leadership and how to increase your connection with yourself, others, and companies.
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Four big minds on the next steps for our species.
Hannah Kent reflects on her time as an exchange student in Iceland and how it allowed her to pursue writing, and Michelle Johnston tells Claire Nichols about her novel, Dustfall, for the international literary event called Literature Live Around the World which was hosted by the Bergen International Literary Festival in Norway.
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