EEC 426: What You Need to Know about Brilliant Jerks Part 2, with Dr. Katrina Burrus
From Excellent Executive Coaching: Growing Your Business and Enhancing Your Craft. by Dr. Katrina Burrus PhD, MCC
March 31, 2026 · 32 min
About this episode
Dr. Katrina Burrus discusses the transformation of brilliant but abrasive leaders into effective executives.
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 connection. What do you mean by this? Can Brilliant Jerks transform into inspiring leaders? In summary, what solution do you propose, and how do you get them to engage? For sustainable change in the Brilliant Jerks, what is important to remember? 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…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Katrina Burrus
Topics covered
- Brilliant Jerks
- leadership transformation
- emotional intelligence
- high-potential talent
- C-Suite coaching
- sustainable change
Keywords
- Brilliant Jerks
- leadership
- emotional intelligence
- C-Suite
- coaching
- high-stakes change
- transformation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Excellent Executive Coaching LLC, Nestlé, Novartis, World Health Organization, United Nations
Books & works: Managing Brilliant Jerks, Global Leadership
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