Coaching the Reluctant Leader: Transitioning Executers into Expanded Leadership Roles Coaching the Reluctant Leader: Transitioning Executers into Expanded Leadership Roles Coaching the Reluctant Leader: Transitioning Executers into Expanded Leadership Roles Many of the individuals I coach are primarily executers who have obtained leadership positions through excelling in their respective disciplines. Professions which fall into this category include investment bankers, traders, lawyers, doctors, scientists and technologists. Often, it is as veterans that they are advanced into leadership roles requiring new responsibilities in areas that they have not had to focus on to date. [...]