Why People Need to Disrupt Themselves with Whitney Johnson

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: [email protected] For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at [email protected] Mentioned in this episode:Think Tank conferenceGet your tickets now for the Talent Development Think Tank Conference https://tdtt.us/conference/