354. Unlocking the Story within You | Meaning-Making with Dr. Johnny Parker

Dr. Johnny Parker is an executive coach and consultant to pro and college sports teams athletes and C-suite leaders. He's got a 25 year track record of helping organizations to know, align, and master their story so they win at work and thrive in life. He's been everywhere in the national media– places like CNN, NBC News, Viewpoint, BET, Washington Post, among others. On top of everything, Dr. Johnny has just released a new book, “Turn the Page: Unlocking the Story within You.”

Today, Dr. Johnny shares his book’s five main themes: Clarify Your Quest; Demand Bold Truth; Champion Generosity; Engage Community; Pursue Continual Renewal. Of course we make sure to throw in some Star Wars references, along with some references to top psycho-social research studies.

This episode is a feast of information and anecdotes of lessons learned. Tune in to learn how to tap into your story and lead the life you desire.

The Biggest Helping: Today’s Most Important Takeaway

Consider taking your name– your first name or your last name and create an acrostic and craft your core values. So we've done that as a family our last name Parker we added S for Parkers and ours is P the acrostic of P stands for pleasing God; A stands for accepting one another. The R stands for respect. The K, keeping short accounts. The E, encourage 1 another. The R, renewal. And the S is service.

So the reason that that's important, Ritz-Carlton does a stand-up meeting every day. They have 24 core values and every day they talk about 1 of their core values and it's their way of saying this is our story. They affirm the core value with a story. What happened last night in Tucson, Ritz-Carlton. What you're doing when you do that as a leader, as a family, you are actually staying more tethered to your authenticity, tethered to what really matters most.

And research shows that when leaders lead from their core values, their effectiveness is about 110% greater when they're not leading from that place of core center and authenticity.

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Resources:

• Learn more at JohnnyParker.com
• Read “Turn the Page: Unlocking the Story Within You”
• Connect with Dr. Johnny Parker on LinkedIn

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