Dr Fred Johnson and Tracy Johnson on Leading With a Limp and Changing Culture

Dr Fred Johnson and Tracy Johnson of Initiative One join Greg Aden to talk about why the under the table issues in a leader's life always beat the over the table skills. Fred shares how addiction and brokenness in his late 30s reshaped his understanding of leadership, and why he now calls himself a leader with a limp. Tracy explains how they help companies get to root cause by interviewing 20 or 30 people first, and why cultural change takes time. They also walk through a client in upper Michigan that went from the brink of losing financing to 29 times profitability in three years, with a leadership team of 10 instead of 18, once toxic behavior was exposed and sideways accountability took hold. The conversation closes on servant leadership as giving without expectation of return.

Dr Fred Johnson, Initiative One

Tracy Johnson, Initiative One https://linkedin.com/in/tracyfelmerjohnson https://www.initiativeone.com/team/tracyjohnson

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