Named one of The Best Leadership Books of 2022 by LeadershipNow.com
Named one of the Top 20 Leadership Books of 2022 by The Next Big Idea Club
"Johnson's style is inspirational and aspirational..." - strategy + business
"Johnson is equal parts practical and inspiring." - Publishers Weekly
Advance Praise for Smart Growth:
"This book is tremendous. I couldn't stop reading. An elegantly simple framework and a seriously smart book." - Stephen M. R. Covey, bestselling author, The Speed of Trust
"This is a groundbreaking book in a class by itself. It hooked me with the first sentence, and it kept getting more intriguing. Smart Growth is required reading for anyone interested in growing a company in the most satisfying ways." - Bob Proctor, bestselling author, You Were Born Rich
"It's rare that a book makes me slow down and immerse myself, but Smart Growth did just that. It had me thinking about my own growth. I can't recommend this book highly enough." - Tom Rath, New York Times bestselling author, How Full Is Your Bucket? and StrengthsFinder 2.0
"If I were a CEO, I'd want every one of my leaders to read this human, engaging, and realistic book about building high-performance, high-growth teams." - Rita McGrath, Professor, Columbia Business School; bestselling author, Seeing Around Corners
"Johnson offers actionable advice on how to love our lives and do our best work. I loved this book!" - Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author, Radical Candor and Just Work
"Whitney Johnson has written a true masterpiece. Her model is instructive and straightforward. I love, love, love the case studies. Yes, it's a serious study, but it's also a true, genuine page-turner." - Tom Peters, bestselling coauthor, In Search of Excellence
Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors, a tech-enabled talent development company, and an expert on smart growth leadership: growing your people to grow your company. Thinkers50 ranked her among the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2021, and in 2020 she was a Top Voice on LinkedIn, where she has 1.8 million followers. Johnson is an award-winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer for Harvard Business Publishing's Corporate Learning division, and an award-winning executive coach and adviser to CEOs. She is the author of several bestselling books, including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A-Team, and hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast. You can reach her at wj@whitneyjohnson.com.