Sixty percent of CEOs report feeling isolated in their role. When I read that statistic, my first thought was: the other forty percent aren’t being honest. I’ve worked with hundreds of senior executives, and loneliness is not the exception—it’s the architecture of the...

Most executive coaching is too polite. There. I said it. A leader walks in, describes the symptoms, and the coach asks careful questions designed to guide the client toward their own insight. It’s pleasant. It’s professional. And for leaders operating at the very...