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Abstract
In this paper, I investigate my experience coaching extremely normal clients in a leading professional services firm. I contextualize my experience with insights from philosophical and psychoanalytic writing on normalcy, contrasting a contemptuous view of normalcy in the writings of Nietzsche and de Boton with a more compassionate understanding of normalcy in the writing of Christopher Bollas. I explore Bollas’ concept of ‘normotic illness,’ which he contrasts with psychotic illness, with the latter representing a loss of objectivity, and the former a loss of subjectivity. I conclude with recommendations on how to coach the overly normal using 360 assessments and follow up coaching that emphasizes the importance of authenticity, self-reflection and individuality in leadership effectiveness. I conclude with a reflection on the differing roles philosophy and psychoanalysis might play more generally in human development processes.
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