The Golden Key to Executive Coaching...and One Treasure Chest Every Coach Needs to Explore

The Golden Key to Executive Coaching is a unique contribution to the field ofprofessional leadership development. What distinguishes Janet Steinwedel's approach is her incorporationof the lessons of depth psychology-particularly the work of Carl Jung-into her outlook andmethodology. Within this accessible volume, Dr. Steinwedel also offers practical wisdom gleaned fromher academic background in Human and Organizational Systems, in such corporate roles as Director ofLeadership and Business Effectiveness at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Assistant Vice President ofLeadership and Organization Development at Delaware Investments, and 10 years as President ofLeader's Insight, her own executive coaching company. While The Golden Key is primarilywritten as a guide for other executive coaches, it contains much of value for all those seeking to morefully integrate their authentic selves into their professional careers. It may also serve as a "plain language"primer to the thought of Carl Jung, one of the most insightful, far-reaching minds of the 20th century."Janet Steinwedel's The Golden Key is a profoundly useful addition to the theory and practice ofcoaching. What so many of her predecessors have missed is the simple, but ineluctable fact that bothparticipants, coach and client, are human beings with their own psychological mechanisms and processes.Her book brings many of the insights of depth psychology to the practitioner who otherwise may belimited to behavioral strategies which in the end are always undermined by the human psyche. Norelationships can be any more evolved than how we are related to our inner world, for what we ignorethere will continue to tumble through us into the world. Steinwedel's book brings insights and tools tothis collaborative process which can only deepen the coaching practice through deepening thepractitioner."James Hollis, PhDAuthor and Jungian Analyst in Washington, D.C.About Janet S. Steinwedel, PhDAs President of Leader's Insight, an Executive Coaching and Leadership Effectiveness consultancy, Dr.Steinwedel provides thought leadership as a consultant and executive coach. She assists leaders inclarifying their goals and objectives and becoming more aware of themselves and their behaviors inservice to their aspirations and business results. With 25 years of experience working in such industries aspharmaceuticals, health care, financial services, insurance, communications, retail, and hospitality, Janetworks effectively with a broad range of leaders. She uses an analytical framework which provides afoundational understanding of personality and human behavior-conscious and unconscious processes. Inaddition to her own work with corporate executives, Janet devotes time to a "coaching for coaches"process in which she helps other executive coaches with their personal and professional development.