Leading on Purpose: The Power of Embodied Learning with Dr. Chris Johnson
Key Takeaways
Awareness: By understanding and acknowledging who we are, we can rise above external opinions and lead authentically.
Attention: Effective leadership requires the ability to focus our attention and make informed, wise choices.
Conversations: True leadership involves improving our speaking and listening skills
About Chris:
Chris Johnson, PsyD. has devoted her life to the deep listening that underpins ‘what matters most’ in people’s lives. She’s the founder of Q4 Consulting, Inc. a Chicago based consulting firm committed to cultivating exemplary leaders, collaborative teams, healthy workplaces and engaged, thriving communities. An experienced psychologist, mindfulness teacher and executive leadership coach she’s known for creating trust with those who value her honesty, deep listening and commitment to their success.
Chris is the Chair of Conscious Capitalism Chicago and on the leadership team of Ellevate Chicago. Lately she’s been spending her time writing a book, The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention, Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future that came out this year in 2022.
When she’s not working, Chris is likely either gardening, reading a great book, making art or at the aikido dojo where she practices and teaches the art of peace.
Resources:
The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention, Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future by Chris Johnson
Your future success depends upon your ability to pause. We’re all navigating new realities.
The Leadership Pause is for anyone looking to deepen their impact on the lives around them, leave a profound mark on their organizations, and build a legacy of intentional focus, pragmatic ambition, grounded compassion, and empathy-in-action.
In it, you’ll find a step-by-step process to expand and amplify your influence as a conscious leader – mindful, embodied, generative – that will result in you skillfully navigating through the chaos and uncertainty.
Q-4 Consulting: Learn more about Chris and her services.
Listen to Chris' full podcast interview with Dr. Rosie Ward: The Mental, Physical, and Professional Benefits of Pausing