When executives dance with wolves

Aim of the training is to learn from these awe-inspiring carnivores

ERNSTBRUNN, Austria - "When they lick your face, keep your mouth closed. They have long tongues," Kurt Kotrschal tells the group before they enter the wolf enclosure, soliciting a few nervous chuckles.

But for the participants in this unusual executive coaching course in Austria, there are more worrying parts of the animals' anatomy. Their teeth, for example.