EEC 425: What You Need to Know about Brilliant Jerks Part 1, with Dr. Katrina Burrus

Dr. Katrina Burrus is a catalyst in transforming brilliant but abrasive leaders into executives whom people actually want to follow. She also helps leaders to fast-track high-potential talents to the C-Suite and coaches CEOs of multinationals through their most high-stakes moments of change.

• How do you define a Brilliant Jerk or a toxic leader?
• What are the consequences of having a Brilliant Jerk in a company?
• How common do we find Brilliant Jerks in companies?
• What is the cost to the company of having a Brilliant Jerk leading a company?
• How do Brilliant Jerks behave?
• Do you behave as a Brilliant Jerk?
• What is the difference between a demanding boss and a Brilliant Jerk?

Dr. Katrina Burrus

What do you do when your most valuable executive is also your most difficult one? You call Dr. Katrina Burrus. As CEO of Excellent Executive Coaching LLC, Dr. Burrus transforms brilliant but abrasive leaders into executives people actually want to follow, fast-tracking high-potential talent to the C-suite and coaching multinational CEOs through their most high-stakes moments of change.

She is the author of Managing Brilliant Jerks and Global Leadership, and a keynote speaker whose work has been embraced by Nestlé, Novartis, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations. She has spoken across Mexico, India, Kazakhstan, and Russia. As a founding board member of the International Coaching Federation in Switzerland, she helped define the standards of executive coaching before most of the business world knew the field existed.

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Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of Excellent Executive Coaching, a company that specializes in leadership development.