1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,200 Andrea Johnson, transformational leadership coach, 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,080 intentional optimist. 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,680 Tell me about your vision. 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:08,680 Let's hear about it. 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,480 Well, it took me at least 50 years to figure out 6 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,960 that I didn't want to play by everybody else's rules. 7 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,600 And once I did, it took me another two or three years 8 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,120 to kind of figure out a general direction I wanted to go. 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,700 I spent almost 25 years in higher education, 10 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:27,600 which is a great pursuit. 11 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,880 I did administration operations, research administration. 12 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,320 I managed people. 13 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,300 I made sure clinical trials got put through faster 14 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:38,660 so that patients could have access to new medications. 15 00:00:38,660 --> 00:00:42,160 I made sure that post-docs had what they needed 16 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:45,640 and that all the doctors were supported well. 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,680 And yet I still felt completely unfulfilled. 18 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,680 And I realized that part of it was I was born 19 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,520 to be more of an inspirer and more of a leader. 20 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,360 I just don't like to manage. 21 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,320 I have a really hard time sitting down with people 22 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,840 and having them say, yeah, I'm here to punch a time clock. 23 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,240 And if that's where they need to be, 24 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:05,280 that's where they need to be. 25 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,720 I don't need to be in their circle 26 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,240 because that's not the kind of person I want to be. 27 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,120 So my vision started about seven years ago 28 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:15,680 where I decided I needed to find out 29 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,120 what I wanted to stand for, who I was 30 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,800 and how I wanted to move forward. 31 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,360 And about five years ago, 32 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,080 a friend introduced me to John Maxwell 33 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,360 and I became a certified Maxwell team, 34 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,120 disc speaker trainer and coach 35 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,520 and disc consultant speaker trainer and coach. 36 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,560 And I realized that this was an opportunity 37 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,240 to go into the same organizations 38 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,400 that I was trying to work inside 39 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,640 and offer them something from the outside 40 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,320 that would better their communication, 41 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:45,520 that would help them grow, 42 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,040 that would help them with their organizational structures. 43 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,680 And as I dove even deeper into the coaching side of it, 44 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,360 I realized that for me, for the last 30 years, 45 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:56,800 I started with Franklin Covey 46 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,920 and I have from 30 years ago, my governing values 47 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,680 from when I read Steve Covey's book 48 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,400 and that was the last exercise in it. 49 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,400 And I still have it laminated with packing tape. 50 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,360 And as I looked more at core values, 51 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:11,960 I realized this is the building block 52 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,520 that everything else is built on. 53 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,200 And so my vision is to help other people understand 54 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:17,960 that whether or not you live in a way, 55 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,840 as some people do, that already honors your core values 56 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,360 and you're not intentional about it, 57 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,360 or you've allowed your core values to be dishonored 58 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,720 for how many years and you're miserable because of it, 59 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,440 there is something in here for you 60 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,600 because if you're on this unicorn side 61 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,280 that kind of like has an idea of what your core values are 62 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,440 and you can live in a way that honors them, 63 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,240 I want you to be able to be intentional about it 64 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,600 because that it's like take it to 11, right? 65 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,600 It's like start at 10 and go to 11, 66 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,400 whereas with people who are, and I deal with a lot of people 67 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,080 this way, they're fed up, they're frustrated, 68 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,960 they're just, they realize everything that they're doing 69 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,960 is dishonoring who they are as a person. 70 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,520 Sometimes it means you change jobs. 71 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,040 Sometimes it means you build a different team. 72 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,400 Sometimes it means you have to confront conditioning. 73 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,240 So I talk about my ABCs, my assumptions, 74 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,600 my beliefs and my conditioning. 75 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,040 And starting with that building block, 76 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,920 that's the three-part framework that gives people 77 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:18,320 the opportunity to make changes, 78 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,800 make changes in their lives, in their families, 79 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,520 in their communities, in their businesses. 80 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,920 And so my vision is to start there 81 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,160 and just see how many people we can touch. 82 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,760 And it's truly empowering someone. 83 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,880 It's truly giving them the tools that they need 84 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:42,880 to be able to make decisions for themselves.