Why Coaches Should Focus on Relationships, Primary Emotions and Vision with Richard Boyatzis

108: Why Coaches Should Focus on Relationships, Primary Emotions and Vision with Richard Boyatzis

Why Coaches Should Focus on Relationships, Primary Emotions and Vision with Richard Boyatzis

“Relationships are the context for everything we do”

Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor in Organizational Behaviour, Psychology and Cognitive Science, joins our host George Warren for this insightful conversation about how coaching needs to focus on the bigger dreams and visions of clients instead of goals.

Richard shares his research-based knowledge on the power of resonant relationships, compassion, mindfulness, playfulness, and spirituality as we navigate the current perma-crisis we are in, and learn why effective coaching and leadership work with primary emotions such as hope and caring. He challenges the coaching world to examine if their current methods are producing the results we think they are, and asks us to think more holistically – towards ourselves and our clients combatting the excessive narcissism of our modern world and bring a brighter future for all.

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Richard Boyatzis

Richard E. Boyatzis is a Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University in the Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology and Cognitive Science. He has a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard.

Richard’s more than 200 scholarly and 50 practitioner articles examine sustained, desired change on leadership, competencies, emotional intelligence, competency development, coaching, neuroscience and management education. His Coursera MOOCs have over 1.5 million visitors and are enrolled from 215 countries. His nine books include: the international best-seller, Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Annie McKee; and Helping People Change with Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten.