Show notes
Bio:
Whitney Johnson was named one of the world’s fifty most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2017.
She is the author of the bestselling book, Build an A Team, and the critically-acclaimed Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work.
Through writing, speaking, consulting and coaching, Whitney works with leaders to retain their top talent, to build an A team, and to help them earn the gold star–be a boss people love.
Whitney formerly was the co-founder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard’s Clayton Christensen, where they invested in and led the $8 million seed round for Korea’s Coupang, currently valued at $5+ billion. She was involved in fund formation, capital raising, and the development of the fund’s strategy.
She is also formerly an award-winning Wall Street analyst. She was an Institutional Investor-ranked equity research analyst for eight consecutive years.
Whitney is a frequent contributor for the Harvard Business Review, she has over 1.5 million followers on Linkedin, was named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Influencer category for 2018, and her LinkedIn course The Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has 1 million+ views.
She is a member of the original cohort of Marshall Goldsmith’s #100 coaches.
Notes:
How Whitney got on Marshall Goldsmith’s list of 100 coaches
The importance of charging what you are worth
The pay for performance model vs hourly charging
Why Whitney started the Forty Women over Forty to watch
Why womens career’s don’t take off as quickly as men’s do
The concept behind ‘Disrupt Yourself’ and the work she did with Clayton Christensen
Why people need to disrupt themselves
Why and how everyone is on an S-Curve
How the Chief Marketing Officer disrupted himself
How to get past fear of trying new things
The most common challenge that most company executives are dealing with
What to do if someone on your team is on the top of the curve and they are happy
Whitney’s book build an A-Team
How to identify executives and help them disrupt themselves
Whitney’s proudest moments of moving up as an investment banker
Whitney’s biggest failure of judging and treating a co-worker poorly
How diminishers act out of fear
The challenge of giving people feedback or not getting enough feedback
The importance of building the feedback “muscle” and getting and giving on day 1
Trends: More people hiring coaches
Platform: Coach Logix
Book: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Advice: Focus on improving yourself before helping others
Links:
Book: Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve
Book: Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson
Book: The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Book: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
Book: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Marshall Goldsmith – 100 Coaches
Forty Over 40 – Forty Women to Watch Over 40
Disrupt Yourself Podcast
Whitney’s website
Email Address: wj@whitneyjohnson.com
For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at storch@advantageperformance.com
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