After college, John had learned to function successfully on the outside, while still covering up internal dysfunction and internal angst and anxiety and a pattern of destructive behaviors.

Found a fit at a corporation that was hard-charging, high-stakes and disruptive.

After being diagnosed with clinical depression and bipolar disorder, John took a break to work on himself, get sober and medicated.

Began to change his management style, became a certified Clifton’s strengths coach, and began to try to help people on his team become their best selves.

At work, he’s become open and outspoken about neuro-diversity, and the culture has changed around him to support this.

Through his journey, John has become a much better listener, leader, father and more.

Great Quotes: “We need to change the way we talk about mental health in the workplace”

“There’s no end to self-awareness, it’s a constant journey”

John’s #1 Culture-Hack: Hack 1 is keep track every day of how many times you hear somebody say, “Yeah, but” or “Yes, but”, or “However”. Keep track of those, write it down, just make a note. Because when people use those words it gives the listener the impression that you weren’t listening the whole time they were speaking. Hack 2 is keep track of how many times a day you hear people interrupt each other because interruptions beget interruptions.

About Our Guest:

John Birrell-Levine is a tinkerer, a sociologist, an ally for all and spends his life tirelessly working on human evolution. In corporate environments, as a Gallup certified strengths coach and accredited insights discovery practitioner, he uses common language and instruments as a base upon which to build. John also focuses on daily tweaks and hacks people in teams can leverage to shift cultural direction.

John’s Social Media

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jibble/

About Our Host:

Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.

Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.

During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.

Daniella’s Social Media:

https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoung

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoung

About Our Sponsor

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