Unleashing Your Unique Leadership with Andrea Johnson, The Intentional Optimist
In "Unleashing Your Unique Leadership: A Journey with Andrea Joh", Jimmy Clare talks with Andrea Johnson, the Intentional Optimist. Learn how to transition from disempowered to magnetic leadership by understanding core values and communication, breaking free from conditioning, and embracing your unique strengths for a lasting impact.
In this episode of The CrazyFitnessGuy Show, host Jimmy Clare welcomes Andrea Johnson, The Intentional Optimist, for a grounded conversation about discovering who you are and leading in a way that actually fits your brain and values. Andrea shares how she helps leaders move from feeling stuck, overruled, and disempowered to becoming magnetic, values‑driven influences in their workplaces and communities. Drawing on more than 25 years in the university medical system, she explains why knowing your core values and communication style can reduce overwhelm, improve team dynamics, and make leadership feel more authentic and sustainable—especially if you’ve never seen leadership modeled in a way that looks like you. Together, Jimmy and Andrea dig into breaking free from “normal,” questioning old conditioning, and giving yourself permission to lead as your true, wonderfully different self.
Key Takeaways:
How to identify and honor your core values so your decisions and leadership feel more authentic
Why communication style matters and how understanding it can improve teamwork and reduce conflict
Practical steps to break out of limiting expectations and start leading in a way that fits you, not just your job title
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00:00 - Tick to Do List
01:49 - The Crazy Fitness Guy Show
02:46 - Andrea Johnson
10:01 - The Weather App Is Not 100% Accurate
11:18 - When You Help People, What Are Their Core Values?
14:47 - The Importance of Communication
18:45 - Finding your true purpose in life
25:47 - Why do people not try new things?
32:03 - Jimmy Kimmel on Living Outside Of Others' Vision
34:10 - Why Do You Do What You Do?
37:20 - Getting Paid to Talk Fitness
38:03 - Invisible Mom's #
40:56 - What are some good resources for leadership?
47:34 - How to Deal With a Liar
48:53 - Favorite Podcast Podcasts
53:00 - "I Stalked" An Airbender
54:24 - Andrea Johnson on How To Reach People
59:50 - Crazy Fitness Guy: Stay Healthy, Stay Motivated
Transformational Leadership Coach
Andrea Johnson empowers executives and founders to lead with authenticity, conviction and confidence so they can make a positive impact on their lives, organizations and communities.
As an adoptive parent, who grew up internationally, navigating mental and physical wellness, she learned that emotional resilience must be earned. The process of uncovering and understanding the significance of her Core Values became the key to the process that allows her clients to do the same.
Andrea works with leaders who feel stifled, and have grown unsatisfied with their current level of influence. She facilitates improved communication and corporate culture within teams and organizations as a Maxwell Certified DISC Consultant, speaker, trainer and coach. Her passion is equipping female leaders to define a new culture by trusting their own ability to think critically, create imaginatively and lead effectively.
