Jun 22, 2021
Carole said: “When I ended up at Stanford and became known as
the queen of “Touchy Feely” I thought this is what I was put on the
planet to do. I was put on the planet to create opportunities for
people to learn how to connect.”
It touched me so deeply that I was excited when she accepted my
invitation to come on the show and talk about the lessons behind
the legendary Stanford Business School course called "Interpersonal
Dynamics or Touchy Feely" for short. Carole and I built a fast
friendship in the course of creating this conversation because I
just finished her book "Connect - Building Exceptional
Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues". I am very
pleased to be sharing this conversation with Carole Robin with you
today.
Let's really explore "Interpersonal Dynamics or Touchy Feely" for a
second, in a business school of Stanford's caliber they have found
this course to be one of their most powerful and requested courses
of all. When you get to listen to Carole talking about some of the
lessons and the examples of what they were teaching and the impact
that this work has made in others' lives I'm sure you'd like a copy
of the book. But let's start with this conversation, Carole and I
were super inspired by each other and I know you'll gonna take a
lot away from it. Enjoy...
Carole Robin Ph.D. was the Dorothy J. King Lecturer in Leadership
and Director of the Arbuckle Leadership Fellows Program at Stanford
Graduate School of Business before co-founding Leaders in
Tech, which brings the principles and process of her legendary
Stanford course known as “Touchy Feely” to executives in Silicon
Valley. Prior to coming to Stanford, she had careers in sales and
marketing management and was a partner in two consulting firms. She
is the co-author of Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships
with Family Friends and Colleagues. She lives in Palo Alto,
California, with her husband of 35 years.