Sue Bethanis

<p><span><font face="Courier New">Dr. Susan Bethanis, a San Francisco-based executive coach, is the CEO of Mariposa Leadership, Inc. - a 12-person firm in its 10th year.  Her book, <em>Leadership Chronicles of a Corporate Sage</em>, (Kaplan Publishing, 2004), was voted 2004 Top 10 Business Books by CEOrefresher.com.  The following is a book review from Publisher's Weekly: </font></span></p> <p><span><font face="Courier New">Bethanis offers a show-don't-tell glimpse into her work of shaping raw, by-the-book executives into kinder-and-gentler powerhouses. Rather than preaching, Bethanis uses a six-month series of sessions with "Max," a top executive whose leadership skills haven't developed as quickly as his career.   The reader gains value in the lessons learned through the interplay between the author/coach and her executive/student. From "go slow to go fast" to "coach in-the-moment," the key points hit home fast and clear.  The book is extremely refreshing due to its session-by-session dialogue rather than as straight lesson from yet another expert. There is certainly much here to be learned by any businessperson or leader open to taking it all in. </font></span></p> <p><span><font face="Courier New">Leadership Chronicles of a Corporate Sage</font><font face="Arial">  is available at: </font></span> <span><a target="_blank" title="http://www.corporatesage.com" href="http://www.corporatesage.com/"><font face="Courier New" color="#000000">www.corporatesage.com</font></a> <font face="Arial"> <em>.</em> </font></span></p>