Unfulfilling executive career? Transform it before it traps you.

When a family crisis took me out of school at 14 to get a full-time job, it sparked a journey across many industries, roles, and nations.
 
Office work, construction, and self-employment in Australia. Study in the UK. Ministry in Africa. Sales and executive roles in the US. And yet others.

I led the transformation of Arby’s to become one of the world’s fastest-growing restaurant chains. Rated in the Top 10 of over 3,000 franchise systems in the US, with a new location opening every 39 hours. 

When a takeover harmed the culture, I resigned to find a meaningful new path. But then my income was nearly tripled and I stayed on. 

Two years later, I resigned again, to buy or create a business aligned with my values.
I sought strategic, executive-level career support. And couldn’t find it. 

In that gap, I finally recognized my calling. So in 1992, I became a pioneer in this field. 

In 2014, a failed project left us with inadequate capital, and I turned the business over to a consortium of colleagues and clients. They closed it in 2016. In the meantime, I had created and launched a more resilient model. 

Today, our stressed societies desperately need more leaders motivated and able to reform management structures that undervalue higher needs and promote lower ones. 

If you’re ready to reimagine what your career can be, and to align it with your best contributions, there has never been a better time to do so. 

Let’s explore what’s possible. 

📅 Schedule a conversation: https://rjacareers.com/schedule-a-call-rj/

Russell Johnson

Optum

•	Provide high-quality care for 30+ patients per office day by nurturing trusting relationships, recording medical histories, gathering information, and performing full physical examinations specific to orthopaedic concerns
•	Assist orthopaedic surgeon in the operating theatre and provide patient continuity from operating theatre to office.
•	Order/initiate labs, medications and imaging as necessary
•	Perform orthopaedic procedures, including joint, bursal, and trigger point injections with ultrasound guidance.
•	Translate diagnoses into effective, individualized plans of care; discussing assessments and diagnoses with patients, and integrating patient education and therapeutic communication to aid comprehension
•	Operate in accordance with the orthopedic surgeon and current evidence-based practices 
•	Council patients on appropriate lifestyle modifications to improve overall health and wellness
•	Evolve each patient’s plan of care in consideration of their input, diagnosis, and responsiveness to treatment

Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner

Provide care for 40 plus patients per day, performing tests, developing differentials, performing history and physical exams, ordering and interpreting diagnostics, and initiating treatment when needed.

➜Act as liaison between patient and patient´s primary provider to provide best care for their acute problems.
➜Suggest lifestyle modifications and council patients on best ways to prevent illness and improve overall health and wellness.
 ➜Refer patients to specialty providers when needed.

Nurse Practitioner

Envision Healthcare

Provide comprehensive care to 20+ patients per day with acute and sub-acute presentations, developing diagnosis, performing appropriate physical exams, ordering diagnostic, and initiating treatment where needed.

➜Refer patients to appropriate specialties where needed, to continue treatment, provide additional wellness support and improve overall health.
➜Work in conjunction with attending MDs, RTs, RNs, and other ancillary staff to provide best care for patients and ensure wellbeing while in care.
➜Experienced in advanced procedures.

Baptist Health System KY & IN

Responsible for providing comprehensive care to post open-heart surgery patients and ICU patients.

➜Manage ventilated patients, intra-aortic balloon pumps, SWAN-Ganz catheters, pacemaker manipulation, CRRT, and chest tube maintenance and removal, gaining experience in all areas of cardiovascular care.

Registered Nurse

Air Methods

Deliver critical care in air transport through a community-based service, collaborating with multiple areas of healthcare, including medic partner, pilot, local EMS, hospital staff, and members of the community.

➜Provide care in aircraft/ambulance/scene, air medical resource management (AMRM/CRM), weather minimums, night vision goggle (NVG) operations, and radio operations, participating in both interfacility and scene transports to ensure efficient and effective care for patients,

Flight Nurse

IU Health LifeLine

Accountable for providing critical care medicine to a variety of patients with different conditions in-air and on-ground, collaborating with a team of medics, RN partners, pilot and drivers, and staff to help assess and plan patient care.

➜Participate in both interfacility and scene transports.
➜Experience in procedures and monitoring, including RSI/intubation, cricothyrotomy, chest tube insertion, central line placement, arterial line placement, cardiocentesis, IABP/VAD use, intracranial monitoring, ventilator use, ultrasonography (F.A.S.T.), transport blood administration, intraosseous line placement and invasive line monitoring (arterial line, CVP, Swan), among others.

Registered Nurse, Critical Care Transport Rotor/Ground

IPI Travel Company

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL, Albuquerque, New Mexico                                                                                                        
	   Neuroscience Critical Care Unit – ICU, Registered Nurse
PROVIDENCE ALASKA MEDICAL CENTER, Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                                                
	   Emergency Department – ER, Registered Nurse

IU Health Methodist Hospital

➜Independently responsible for up to two critically ill patients on a 34 bed unit at a Trauma 1 teaching hospital
➜Provide family-centered, competent care to neurologically impaired patients
➜Experienced in use of central lines, external ventricular drains, intra-cranial monitoring, hemodynamic monitoring, drug titration, bedside procedures, ventilators, and patient assessments

Riley Children's Health

➜Provided comprehensive, appropriate care to primarily pediatric patients and their families in a Pediatric Trauma 1 teaching hospital.
➜Experienced in pediatric medication dosing, pediatric care and pediatric disorders
➜Effective in interpersonal communication with all team members including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, EMTs, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and supporting staff

Don't think I have always been fit or known what I want to do (sometimes I still don't know)

For 4+ years I struggled with loss of direction, no purpose, ignoring my health, abusing my body, and lack of intention.

After obtaining my first college degree, I decided it wasn't what I wanted to do and started working skilled labor jobs.

With some help, I was able to escape the negative spiral, become more intentional and disciplined, and move towards my vision.

My results:
→ obtained my second bachelor’s with honors (this time in nursing)
→ worked with patients all over the country from Alaska to New Mexico to South Carolina
→ obtained my master’s in nursing in acute care and family nurse practitioner
→ completed a fellowship with wild health in precision medicine and health coaching
→ got in the best shape of my life
→ began coaching others on their health journey with massive results

My Mission: Use my experience and education to help professionals live healthy, functional lives.

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