The Wall Street Journal recently featured an article called, “Not communicating with Your boss? Count your blessings.” The wisdom in this article offers a fantastic criticism of much advice that some executive coaches spew. For instance: - Asking “How can I help?” can be a good thing to do, but can also offend certain people by implying they need help.

At The Center for Executive Coaching, members spend a lot of time role playing specific coaching scenarios. For instance: - How to deliver bad news after a 360 degree assessment of a particularly arrogant executive. - How to handle a renegade “superstar” who delivers great results but is a terrible team player and undermines the CEO.

While I’ve promised not to reveal any confidential information, this individual was a private high school teacher 10 years ago and gradually made a transition into coaching top executives. Each year he saw his income double and this past year he tells me he earned $1.2 million!