A Genuine Conversation

Can there be a genuine conversation between two individuals?

Extremely Rare.

Can there be a genuine conversation between a CEO and a Consultant?

Infinitely rare.

Let’s assume the CEO is 100% transparent in the conversation which is 99.9% unlikely.

We still have the Consultant.

If the consultant is insecure about what he brings to the conversation, he will compensate for that. So the conversation’s genuineness is already gone and thus its potency is diminished.

If the consultant is “confident” about what he brings to the conversation, still many problems may arise. A consultant often brings an angle to the conversation.

He might need to teach something, usually a method. So he will push for this methodology in the conversation. Or in an acute case, his whole practice is based in a methodology. How can the conversation be truly genuine then?

He might have an outstanding reputation or track record. And now he feels the need to maintain it. How can the conversation be genuine then?

This consultant might feel the need to help the CEO with advise. This is also problematic and hinders the genuineness and potency of the conversation.

The only chance at a genuine conversation that transforms the CEO so that he can achieve his highest potential begins with a Consultant that needs nothing from the conversation and has a non negotiable compromise to explore the raw truth of the CEO and his company.

Does the CEO even want to have this conversation?

Do you?