Secret #17: Every executive has latent crises that have not yet been
inflamed.
Secret #18: At first, suppressing a crisis appears to be easier than
resolving it.
Secret #19: The executive coach insists that the executive focus on
resolving the crisis rather than suppressing it.
Secret #20: It is very easy to confuse the triggering event with the
underlying crisis that it inflames.
Secret #21: The end goal of all coaching is to increase the executive’s
emotional engagement with his work.
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Choking
Lack of Focus
The Promise Breaker
The Loner
Irresistible Impulse
Extreme Denial
Moodiness
Indecisiveness
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FIVE: UNDERSTANDING THE EXECUTIVE EGO 53
The Parent
The Child
The Adult
Executive Ego and Crisis
Stimulation, Recognition, and Structure
Games
Scripts
Emancipating the Executive