Published in, and reproduced with permission from, choice, the magazine  of professional coaching www.choice-online.com by Suzi Pomerantz and Steve Gladis originally published in June 2009. Coaching is not about money, yet “money is important, if only for financial reasons,” to quote Woody Allen. Sponsors contact executive coaches when an executive’s behavior begins to interfere with corporate progress, morale or culture. …

This might well be one of the most important leadership books I’ve read. Boyatzis and McKee—well respected researchers, professors and authors—use the physics concept of “resonance” (being in tune) to explain a simple biologic principle that rules our lives: We’re creatures whose behaviors and motivations are fueled by our emotions and stimulated by our leaders.