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Signature Keynote
Transforming Brilliant Jerks Into Inspirational Leaders
In this talk, we dive into developing the interpersonal skills that turn your most difficult high performers into the leaders people ask to work for.
The Talk
Keep the Brilliance, Lose the Cost
Every organization has them: the high performers who deliver results and damage the people around them. Firing them means losing the brilliance. Tolerating them means losing everyone else. Dr. Katrina Burrus offers a third path.
Drawing on three decades of coaching senior executives and her book Managing Brilliant Jerks, this keynote gives your audience a tried-and-tested process for transforming difficult leaders into inspiring ones, and the confidence to coach even the most challenging managers with ease.
What Your Audience Leaves With
Three Things They'll
Take Back to Work
Takeaway 01
A Process That Works
Acquire a tried-and-tested coaching process that transforms even difficult leaders into inspiring ones.
Takeaway 02
Coach With Ease
Learn to coach challenging managers with confidence, instead of avoiding the conversations that matter most.
Takeaway 03
EQ Meets IQ
Add EQ (Emotional Intelligence) to the leader’s IQ (Intellectual Quotient) so they inspire followers, not just results.
The Core Idea
The Equation Behind
Every Inspiring Leader
EQ
Emotional Intelligence
+
IQ
Intellectual Quotient
=
Emotional Intelligence
Inspiration
Followers Who Excel
Brilliant leaders already have the IQ. This talk shows how adding the EQ is what turns raw talent into the kind of leadership people willingly follow.
Who It's For
For the talent too vulnerable to lose, and the people who manage them
This keynote lands hardest with audiences responsible for developing leaders and holding the standard:
Executive teams and C-suite leaders who have a brilliant jerk they can neither afford to lose nor afford to keep as-is.
HR and talent leaders weighing whether a high performer can be coached or has to be managed out.
Coaches and consultants who want a repeatable process for the toughest, most resistant profiles.
Conference and association audiences focused on leadership, culture, and emotional intelligence.
The Speaker
Stages on
Three Continents
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Continents keynoted: Europe, Asia & the U.S.
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+
Years coaching senior
executives worldwide
TEDx
“Can We Transform Brilliant
Jerks Into Inspiring Leaders?”
Trusted by leaders at the United Nations, Nestlé, Novartis, CERN, and the World Trade Organization.
Get to Know
Dr. Katrina Burrus, PhD, MCC
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC has a proven track record coaching international leaders at organizations such as Nestlé, Novartis, and the United Nations. She is known for transforming brilliant and difficult leaders into powerful visionaries who inspire their employees to excel.
The first Master Certified Coach credentialed by the International Coaching Federation in Switzerland, she has keynoted on three continents, hosts a TV show on inspiring leaders and the Excellent Executive Coaching podcast, and is the author of Managing Brilliant Jerks. She works from Las Vegas and Geneva.
Hire Dr. Katrina Burrus to Speak at Your Next Event
Let’s discuss how she can keynote your next conference or meeting and give your audience a process they can use the very next day.