EEC 425: What You Need to Know about Brilliant Jerks Part 1, with Dr. Katrina Burrus
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
Release Date: 03/24/2026
EEC 426: What You Need to Know about Brilliant Jerks Part 2, with Dr. Katrina Burrus
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
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. Do Brilliant Jerks have high EQ? What are their reasons for reacting in a destructive way with others? Do you find Brilliant Jerks in families? Can you see clues that a child might become a Brilliant Jerk? In your TEDxMakati, you said that Brilliant Jerks aren't villains but have a damaged framework of...
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EEC 425: What You Need to Know about Brilliant Jerks Part 1, with Dr. Katrina Burrus
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
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...
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EEC 424: Why Employee Connection Is Becoming a Leadership Imperative, with Jonathan Thorp
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
As the visionary leader of Quantum Connections, Jonathan spearheads Quantum Connections’ strategy to support its mission to bring the power of dialogue to workplaces and individuals while expanding the organization’s global influence. What are performance metrics missing? What is most important to retain employees today in a environment where 70% if employees are disengaged from the company they work for? What is missing when you only use compensation, perks, or flexibility as retention tools? How can you scale and strengthen relationships? What role does connection play in periods of...
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EEC 423: Life After Loss: The Energy of Now, with Pamela Steele
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
Pamela Steele, PhD, is an educational psychologist, certified mediator, and conflict resolution trainer who helps people communicate effectively and define practical, realistic ways to meet challenges head-on. How did you get from where you started professionally to where you are today? What inspired you to write your book? What personality characteristics do you believe have supported your growth and survival, given all the losses you've experienced? What do you hope people will take away from reading your book or hearing this interview? Pamela Steele Pamela Steele, PhD, is an educational...
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EEC 422: How to Overcome Adversity and Make a Thriving Business, with Brit Nicole
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
Brit Nicole found herself leaving an abusive marriage with nothing. No money. No backup plan. Just herself, my dog, and the belief that she could build something — anything — from scratch. Tell me what challenges you have confronted and how, despite it you created a thriving business? What does "being happy without an agenda" mean to you? What are the similarities and differences between overcoming an abusive husband and being betrayed in business? How do you overcome people who project their own fears onto you because it's not something they would do? Brit Nicole Brit Nicole found...
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EEC 421: How to Overcome Shame and Depression, with Tiffany Jones
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
Tiffany Jones is a Greenville, SC native who grew up in a culture where mental illness was stigmatized and often silenced. After almost 20 years of hiding and suffering quietly, Tiffany was determined to find real answers. Where does your interest in mental health come from? What do you mean when you say you have to be with the right people? What are the signs of a person being depression? What are the different types of shame, and how to overcome them? What happens if someone with depression self-medicates? Tiffany Jones Tiffany Jones is a Greenville, SC native who grew up in a culture...
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EEC 420: Sustainable Clinical Practice: How Clinicians Thrive Without Burning Out, with Helen Malinowski
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
Helen Malinowski, LICSW, SEP, is the founder of the Somatic Integration Institute and the Catalyst Collective. She is passionate about supporting clinicians in building sustainable, nourishing practices that prevent burnout and compassion fatigue. Why are so many experienced clinicians burning out, even when they love their work—and what can be done to prevent it? How does somatic regulation transform both clinical effectiveness and practitioner wellbeing? What makes community support essential—not optional—for sustaining a long-term clinical career? How can clinicians grow their...
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EEC 419: Discover Your Hidden Superpower and Unlock Your Inevitable Outcome, with Randall Thames
Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft.
Randall Thames is an author, CEO, and Executive Leadership Advisor of Inspirit Institute, a Concierge Executive Leader Agency providing bespoke representation for current and aspiring CEOs. How did 8-year-old Randall go from "less than ordinary" to discovering his superpower? What internal 'dragons' prevent leaders from reaching ‘Inevitable Outcomes’? Why leave corporate success to help others discover their superpower? What is "Process as Armor" and how does it neutralize adversaries? What's one quick win to 'elevate in place' and gain executive influence today? Randall Thames Randall...
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EEC 418: Transforming Resistant Leaders Through Embodied Coaching, with Julius Lassalle
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Julius Lassalle is a leadership consultant, coach, and author based in Berlin who specializes in Embodied Leadership. After experiencing "Führungsfrust" (leadership frustration) during his 5+ years leading teams in high-pressure tech and e-commerce environments, Julius developed a revolutionary methodology that integrates psychology, neuroscience, and somatic practices. How did your experience working with leadership frustration lead you to develop Embodied Leadership? What role does somatic intelligence play in helping executives who resist traditional emotional intelligence approaches? How...
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EEC 417: From Failure to Leadership Success: Swiss International Airlines featuring Lorenzo Stoll
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If Swissair went bankrupt in the past, Swiss in Swiss Romand is beginning to thrive with Lorenzo Stoll, and stay tuned, it is just the beginning. Dr. Katrina Burrus asked what he attributes to some of his leadership successes at Swiss International Airlines with the following questions: What is one trait he possesses that makes him an effective leader at Swiss? How does he overcome challenges? What routine does he attribute to his success at Swiss International Airlines? How does he relieve his stress? What is one piece of advice he would give to a younger version of himself? For you,...
info_outlineDr. 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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