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The C-word

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Senior executives now show their success by having a trophy coach. Some still have a personal consultant who may perform duties somewhere between a PA, a trainer or a strict schoolmarm. The more adventurous, or perhaps disturbed, have a therapist — often called a counselor to avoid embarrassment. And only the poshest, or perhaps the most sinful, have a confessor.

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Furnham, A. (2005). The C-word. In: The People Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510098_9

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