DAVID L. DOTLICH, former executive vice president of Honeywell and Groupe Bull, is a partner in CDR International and an executive coach whose clients include Johnson & Johnson, Levi-Strauss, Merck, Arthur Andersen, and Sprint, among others. He teaches in executive education programs at the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota and is co-author of Action Learning (Jossey-Bass, 1998). He lives in Portland, Oregon. PETER C. CAIRO, former co-chair of Columbia University's Department of Organizational and Counseling Psychology, is a partner in CDR International, a worldwide consulting firm that specializes in executive coaching and development. His clients include AT&T, BellSouth, Colgate, and Merck. He lives in New York City.Both authors can be reached at www.cdr-intl.com