The LEADERS Codex™ is a proprietary methodology developed by Jenni Johnson.

The Leaders Codex

When things feel pressured or uncertain, you can tell the difference between the days when you’re steady and days when you’re not.

You notice when your energy leaks, the second-guessing creeping in and the sense that you’re working harder than you should be.

Seeing that clearly is the first part of the shift. From there, you stop reacting, things start to land and progress feels intentional rather than hard work.

This isn’t about becoming someone new or learning a whole new way to operate.

It’s about recognising how you already work at your best and coming back to that so it becomes easier to keep going.

How it works

The seven LEADERS pillars are deep but grounded, structured without being rigid, so what’s been feeling messy or out of sync starts to make sense:

  • Leadership Identity: this is the centre everything orbits from

  • Emotional Steadiness: you regulate and ground yourself to see what’s going on more clearly

  • Awareness of Patterns: from steadiness, you see the patterns you’re pulled into without falling apart

  • Direction & Orientation: when you see the patterns, you know what you’re facing and don’t react on autopilot

  • Embodied Presence: what you know shows up in your body and voice without you forcing it.

  • Relational Power: when you trust your own knowing, you no longer over-adjust in relationships

  • Signature Influence: things start to grow around you because your way of leading feels settled and coherent

It’s a simple way of understanding how you lead yourself. You’ll see what keeps you steady, what knocks you sideways and what helps you move forward without pushing or proving. The result isn’t more effort, it’s less friction. Things naturally start to move because you’re no longer working against yourself.

Shaped by experience

This approach comes from years of working closely with women who are already capable but want to feel steadier and more precise in how they lead.

It comes from paying attention to what actually influences decisions beneath the surface, especially when things start to wobble or feel pressured. When that settles, the shift is usually quick. Things lighten, momentum returns and actions stop feeling overwhelming.

There’s more trust in yourself, a clearer sense of what to do next and less compensating for what feels uncertain. You start leading from who you are, not from what you’re trying to hold together.