Andy Johnson

Conflict Management Begins with Understanding Conflict

By Andy Johnson • 2 min

In this short video, Executive Coach and Team Health Specialist Andy Johnson talks about how conflict management in the workplace is critical for us to function and move towards performance, outcomes, and all kinds of measures of health.

Who Makes the Best Leaders?

By Andy Johnson • 5 min read

In an interesting 2010 study, a team of researchers led by Adam Grant of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania set out to understand a nagging qu

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Your Biggest Leadership Gap is Your Operating System

By Andy Johnson • 4 min read

What’s the biggest gap or deficit in your leadership of others? Your understanding of this question will directly connect to your attempted solutions to the p

The Heart of Leadership: Seeing Ourselves and Seeing Others

By Andy Johnson

Human beings are masters at seeing what they want to see. In every situation, we consistently extract information that confirms our existing opinions about ours

Don’t Normalize Conflict

By Andy Johnson • 8 min read

I’ve been thinking, writing and speaking about conflict in different contexts for about twenty years. Shortly after the release of my 2014 book that focused o

Are You a Group or a Team?

By Andy Johnson • 7 min read

This year witnessed the second NBA championship in the last three years for the Golden State Warriors. In many ways, this is not surprising when simply looking

Four Reasons Introverts Are Naturally Authentic Leaders

By Andy Johnson • 3 min read

It’s a common myth that introverts can’t be great leaders. This is due to the fact that leadership theories have favored extroverts for centuries. Western c

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Getting to Know Andy Johnson

By Andy Johnson • 3 min read

This week we sit down with our resident Team Health Specialist and Coach to Quiet Leaders, Andy Johnson. Those who know Andy say he is a compelling speaker, and

The 4 Natural Leadership Traits of Introverts

By Andy Johnson • 3 min read

It’s a common myth that introverts can’t be great leaders. This is due to the fact that leadership theories have favored extroverts for centuries.

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Leaders’ Personalities: Determined or Developed?

By Andy Johnson • 4 min read

A significant portion of my work as an executive coach involves assisting existing and emerging leaders to accept themselves. A big part of who they are, the p

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Indignity, Indignance, & Introversion

By Andy Johnson • 3 min read

As an introvert and a leader, my journey to self-acceptance and understanding has been winding. In the West, we are taught from a young age that leaders are to

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What Matters More for Leaders? Charisma or Character.

By Andy Johnson • 3 min read

This is an election year. For many Americans, the two remaining presidential choices share a perceived concern that looms large related to personal character,