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Dr. John Townsend's Full Bio
John hosts his own online live video call-in program, “Dr. Townsend Live”, where he provides answers to caller’s challenges. His podcast, “Dr. Townsend Podcast” gives practical solutions to complex issues. He is also a co-host of the “New Life Live” program. And for more than twenty years, Dr. Townsend has engaged with leaders, organizations and individuals around the globe, offering them life-changing solutions to their problems.
Dr. Townsend is the founder of the TOWNSEND INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELING, which offers fully accredited online Masters degrees and certificates in three areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. The Institute also offers Bachelor’s Degrees, and in early 2021, will offer a Ph.D. Program in Counselor Education and Supervision.
John and his team work with leaders and organizations by providing a wide array of services. He conducts the TOWNSEND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM and has developed high-performing leaders across the nation to lead teams with his highly effective growth model. These leaders, personally trained by John, equip other leaders to grow holistically and to experience personal and professional success.
The TOWNSEND LEADERSHIP GROUP offers executive coaching, corporate consulting, strategic planning, team facilitation, and conference presentations to help clients achieve their goals and excel in the marketplace.
John also keeps a private “concierge” coaching portfolio of select clients, with whom he directly engages, for their own personal and professional lives.
John co-founded and directed a healthcare company for ten years, with operations in 35 cities in the western U.S. It was here that he learned the strategies for change and success, which he now employs in his coaching and consulting.
John is active on the board of MUSTARD SEED RANCH, an equine program for disadvantaged youth.
A resident of Newport Beach, California, Dr. Townsend and his wife Barbi have two sons, Ricky and Benny. One of his passions is playing in “The Bandits”, a band with his sons, at southern California venues!
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Suggested Questions
People Fuel:
- What’s the big idea of your new book?
- Why did you decide to write it, and how does it apply to today’s leaders?
- Tell us about your concept of Relational Nutrients, and how leaders can use them to catalyze and energize their own teams and directs?
- You have made a simple model of 7 types of relationships, some of which are “gains” and some of which are “drains.” How can the leader identify their own “gains” and drains” in order to optimize their effectiveness, professionally and personally?
- You have a unique term here, “Life Teams.” What is a Life Team, and how can that benefit a leader?
- What practical application can we make in the next 24 hours of this material that can make our careers, life mission, relationships, marriages and families work better?
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Boundaries in current climate or situational context
New book release deep dive
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Leadership and Team Development
7 Relationship Types / Relationships
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Recent Podcast Interviews
Finding Strength Through Relationships With Susie Larson
Do you have a strong support system in your life with friends, family, and co-workers? Many people don’t, but Dr. John Townsend’s share with Susie Larson his research which shows the importance of these relationships and gives tips for how to build them from his book...
Craig Groschel Leadership podcast
Leaders, more than most, need friendships and key relationships that give them relational energy. In this episode, Dr. John Townsend explains each of the four quadrants of relational nutrients and the key relationships that provide them. You can find the original...
Healthy Friendships With Susie Larson
Relationships are critical to our growth, development, soul-nourishment, and even our success in life. Yet, why do we so often get it wrong? Susie Larson and Dr John Townsend have a conversation about people-drainers and people-gainers. He challenges us to seek a...
Healthy Relationships 101 with Krista Gilbert and Alexandra Kuykendall
Is there anything more powerful in our lives than relationships? They can bring us to the heights of happiness and also to the pit of despair. Some are simple, some are very complicated. Every one of us must navigate our way through these rough relationship waters our...
What Makes a Great Leader? With Dr Daniel and Tana Amen
Whether it’s in the family, in governments, or businesses, all these institutions are in dire need of great leaders. In this episode of Brain Warrior’s Podcast, Dr. John Townsend talks about the secret sauce of raising great leaders. You can watch the original episode...
The Teenage Brain – How to Train Teens in Building the Right Boundaries With Dr Daniel and Tana Amen
This topic is all about the teenage brain. The problem is, in many families, these teens don't get the attention they need to prepare themselves for the future, to be the next leaders. They are left vulnerable to negative influences. If you're in that same boat, be...
How to Create Boundaries That Build Relationship with Dr Daniel and Tana Amen
Successful relationships are built on mutual respect for another person's boundaries and limitations. When someone encroaches another person's boundaries, it means no less than trouble. One of the most simple ways of creating boundaries for yourself is by practicing a...