Robert Hargrove
The CEO’s Best Friend: The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get
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My Impossible Future: Coaching World Leaders
A Letter to My Korean Partner Dr. Edward Choi Edward, I guess I missed your call last night. It’s ok for now. On another topic, I have been thinking about my own Impossible Future. The mother of one of my daughter's friends, Myriemme, a woman of French/ Moroccan descent who is a European coach had a dream in which I was coaching country leaders. This was in part why I spoke up about President Lee when I was in Korea and have also blogged about this. When you told me that I should contact the King of Dubai, it got my attention, and I have been reading about this country where an amazing transformation is happening. You know for so many years I have been helping business leaders succeed. Yet their motivation is usually more often than not power and money. (Of course I love business.) Working with the Pentagon has opened my eyes to a different kind of individual. Government executives may unabashedly seek power and money to some degree, but they have another dimension which allows them to transcend the abundance of self-interest seen in the corporation. I would call it patriotism, servant leadership, or public service. Let’s see if we can expand on this conversation and make it a conversation for action. Comments 9 Jan 2009 12:36
Yael Blum <yblum@intwoit.com>
I too am an executive coach with a mission to support the development of extraordinary leaders who make a difference in the lives of others. Last night I was reading a new book called Duct Tape Marketing and it got me thinking about my "perfect client" and what, if any, common motivators exist that cause a person to hire and work with a coach. Power and Money were not top of my list. As I investigated this theme further I began to recognize that every person I work with is attempting to make known their own capacity for significance and meaning. How we measure that may be our level of power, our income, our relationships, etc. I love your work Robert and I thank you for the coaching knowledge you have shared with me through your books. www.intwoit.comBack to top |
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