From Primal Leadership, Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence By: Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2002 ISBN: 1-57851-486-X Executive Coaching (p.228-229) Leaders need to balance learning-which by definition means becoming vulnerable- with managing their image as leaders. One good way to do this is to work with an executive coach, a relationship in which it is safe to explore and where leaders can have an opportunity to talk more freely than they may have done with anyone, ever, about their own dreams and their business challenges. In the context of executive coaching, leaders can talk about things that they feel pain and passion about-and really get at the core issues for themselves, their teams and the organization. Of course, the sheer level of emotion in these conversations is far beyond what typically occurs in business, so the coaching relationship must be trusting, totally confidential, and almost sacrosanct. Full Story

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