Excess Returns · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton Investments, shared her core principles for leadership, which she calls the 'four Ps': people, passion, purpose, and persistence. She emphasized the importance of building the right team, loving one's work, articulating a clear purpose, and persevering through challenges.
“Like, my what when you become the CEO, I always talk about my four Ps that are kind of what you need, people, passion, purpose and persistence.”
“Like, the number one job as a CEO is actually putting together the right team that can work together and accomplish things.”
“And then persistence. Because you're going to have a lot of bad days and a lot of times it's just about dusting yourself off and getting back on the horse.”