The wolf is at the door, and it's here to teach you something

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.

Eyeing the group with curiosity - or is it hunger? - are Nanuk and Una, two timber wolves reaching easily to …