Episode 16: Dr. Katrina Burrus

Managing Brilliant Jerks: How Organisations & Coaches Can Transform a Difficult Leader into a Powerful Visionary!

Haven’t we all been here? And it is an interesting challenge. So who best to ask about how to solve this issue than the expert who wrote the best-selling book on it, Dr. Katrina Burrus PhD MCC.

In this Episode, Dr. Burrus talks with great wisdom and experience about how to identify, manage and work with “Brilliant Jerks” – those great Leaders who sometimes are SO good they lose sight of how to engage with everybody else! And this does NOT mean that they are a lost cause!

Katrina discusses her own experiences coaching these ‘Brilliant Jerks’ (the title of her book), and in particular makes reference to the fact that there may be DEMANDING Leaders, and TOXIC Leaders, but that they are DIFFERENT!

This is a really insightful discussion, with someone who has worked with some of the most high profile Leaders in the world, and generously shared her thoughts with me on my Clarendon Chronicles Podcast.