Derek Johnston

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About Derek Johnston

Throughout my career, I’ve helped clients overcome difficult leadership and communications challenges. If you're facing something big and could benefit from a safe and confidential space to talk it through, please reach out for a free, 30-minute Discovery Chat. For the last 20 years as a business owner and communications consultant, I’ve worked with hundreds of leaders like you to enhance interpersonal and public communications, oversee transformational change, and effectively manage controversy and crisis. Client organizations have included the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ottawa Heart Institute, Queen's University, CBC/Radio-Canada and the RCMP. To amplify that support, my focus has shifted to leadership coaching. I help executives, managers and emerging high performers to survive the unforgiving demands of 21st century leadership while acquiring the skills and perspective to thrive in a constantly changing environment. You know this to be true: Being a leader today is tougher than it has ever been. You're wrestling with escalating expectations, increasing complexity, and incessant waves of change. The leaders I work with are typically stuck and feeling overwhelmed, struggling to set boundaries, and worried about falling short of their own and others’ expectations. They’re looking for more influence and control, more self-awareness, positive growth, and a better work-life balance. For leaders like you, it can be hard to take a step back, to objectively observe the big picture, especially when you’re stuck in the busyness of a frantic, day-to-day pace. That’s where coaching helps. As a certified Integral Professional Coach™, I’ll help you become more aware of your current approach to situations, to see new possibilities, and then build sustainable new skills to achieve results that you never knew were possible. Through customized, 1-on-1 development plans, I’ll help you gain the self-awareness, knowledge and competencies to become the leader you aspire to be – for your current role and for coveted new opportunities down the road. I’ll help you overcome the anxiety, frustration and doubt that are plaguing so many of today’s leaders. Strengthened with new “muscles” developed through customized daily practices, you’ll emerge from a coaching journey feeling restored, re-energized and refitted for whatever lies ahead. So, let's talk about where you’re at, where you’d like to be, and how a coaching journey can help you get there. Call me at 613.794.1876 or email derek@face-value.ca to schedule your free Discovery Chat.