# Stop Giving Away Your Energy: Phil Johnson on the Real ROI of Emotional Intelligence, EP 257 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-practice-with-tracy-cherpeski-3530340/stop-giving-away-your-energy-phil-johnson-on-the-real-roi-of-emotional-intelligence-ep-257 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-practice-with-tracy-cherpeski-3530340/stop-giving-away-your-energy-phil-johnson-on-the-real-roi-of-emotional-intelligence-ep-257.md Podcast: [Thriving Practice with Tracy Cherpeski](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-practice-with-tracy-cherpeski-3530340) Published: 2026-05-20T08:05:00+00:00 Episode link: https://tracycherpeski.podbean.com/e/stop-giving-away-your-energy-phil-johnson-on-the-real-roi-of-emotional-intelligence-ep-257/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qpitumnkx9wmngs9/Phil_Johnson_COMPLETEagmta.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thriving-practice-with-tracy-cherpeski-3530340/episodes/stop-giving-away-your-energy-phil-johnson-on-the-real-roi-of-emotional-intelligence-ep-257 Duration seconds: 2547 ## Resource In this episode, Tracy Cherpeski sits down with returning guest Phil Johnson, founder of the Master Business Leadership program, for a direct and data-driven conversation about emotional intelligence and why most high-achieving healthcare professionals have barely scratched the surface of developing it. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thriving-practice-with-tracy-cherpeski-3530340/episodes/stop-giving-away-your-energy-phil-johnson-on-the-real-roi-of-emotional-intelligence-ep-257/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-practice-with-tracy-cherpeski-3530340/stop-giving-away-your-energy-phil-johnson-on-the-real-roi-of-emotional-intelligence-ep-257.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.