Own the Room

CHAPTER ONE

FINDING YOUR SIGNATURE VOICE

Meet John

At our first coaching meeting, John explained that he wasn’t surprised when Roger, the global managing director, asked to talk over dinner. He knew he was on the short list of those being considered to run the North America practice of the prominent consulting firm they worked for. The current partner in charge of North America was retiring in another eighteen months, and it was no secret that the executive committee was in the throes of selecting his successor. At the restaurant, Roger started by thanking John for a job well done as the managing partner of the Chicago office. The partners had named him to that position over four years ago, and John was steadily leading it to be one of the highest-performing ...