Stephen Johnston
Consultant
Stephen Johnston is a consultant on the Executive Bench team. He is well-known for his expertise in developing talented leaders and also for his dedication, as he’s spent his career, and his life, devoted to others. First, serving in the U.S. Army, then as a behavioral counselor, and now as a leadership development consultant with a focus on succession planning, he has lived and studied leadership and its effects on the international stage. In order to help clients interact with others more effectively, he takes a client-first, two-tiered approach to identify talented leaders in an organization and to enable his clients to improve their skills to grow in their organization.
As a consultant, Stephen is motivated by his drive to find practical solutions to his clients’ problems as well as the world’s. He is particularly passionate about using data analytics to understand how his clients interact with others and has built automated programs that help individuals develop solutions for talent development and organizational branding.
Some of Stephen’s recent projects include successful project management and change implementation for rebranding and reorganization for an international packaging company, as well as a multitiered leadership evaluation and development planning for a major sports organization. In addition, he has worked on several process-improvement projects for training plans, standard operating procedures, and communication plans for mergers and acquisitions. When he is not working, he spends time with his wife and three small children at their home in Georgia.
CONTACTEducation
• University of Georgia
MA, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Valdosta State University
BA, Clinical and Applied Sociology
Clients
As we evolve our leadership and succession practices to align with our growth agenda, RHR has been a trusted partner in bringing objective data and insights on our talent to better shape our future.
Tapaswee Chandele, Global Head, Talent and Development
Succession planning done right builds internal bench strength for smooth leadership transitions. RHR provides a second set of eyes on our top talent, and helps us focus their development to maximize their potential.
Anonymous, Chief Human Resources Officer
Working with the team from RHR was a pleasure. They were able to enhance and complement our programming and accelerate the growth and development of our employees.
Joseph Hirt, Director, Leadership Development
I have worked with the RHR International team for over four years across two different companies, and I have seen the impact of our partnership manifested through improved leadership, heightened levels of candor and awareness, and more thoughtful and informed succession decisions. Since the early days of our partnership, they have consistently modeled an intent to help leaders be “the best versions of themselves” by leveraging rigorous assessment data that in turn has led to powerful conversations and, more importantly, behavior change.
Stacey Panayiotou, Executive Vice President, Human Resources
The rigor with which our talent has been assessed by the RHR team offers us an objective foundation on which we can support our leaders in strengthening and building their leadership competence. As a result of our partnership with RHR, our leaders will be better prepared, personally and professionally, to tackle the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Jeff Lindeman, Group Director, Operations
