Michelle Johnston, a longtime management professor at Loyola, was preparing to publish her first book on new leadership models when the COVID pandemic inspired a rewrite that focused on building human connections in a hybrid workplace.

After identifying the rise of artificial intelligence as the next major challenge coming to the office, Johnston recently published her second book, “The Seismic Shift in You,” with co-author Marshall Goldsmith.

With advances in technology and remote work coinciding with rising rates of loneliness — linked to health risks comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day — Johnston calls for leaders to focus less on control and more on maintaining connections.

Besides studying leadership and management through an academic lens, Johnston knows about it first-hand

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