How I got the name the Jerk Whisperer

Every brilliant leader has an achillies heel – some more vulnerable than others So let’s go back to our ancient English – the Illiad – and for images in art – I studied art history and the details in the story are amplified in the art

So achilies is the strongest and the bravest of the warriors sent to Troy

He slays Hector

But later – we learn he has been shot by Paris’s arrow – in the heel – his only spot of vulnerability

Why? His mother – crafty one – had dipped Achilles in the river styx as an infant- holding him by his heel - This area that didn’t get dipped – his only vulnerable spot.

The illiad is in part about misdirection of anger by the leaders

And we talk about leaders – and in this case their achilles heel and perhaps their misdirection of anger

A couple of weeks ago we talked about self-awareness being the #1 area for managers through Csuite to be developed

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