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The Leader on the Couch: A Clinical Approach to Changing People & Organizations
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
ISBN: 978-0-470-03079-0
Hardcover
436 pages

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Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

1. Introduction: The Clinical Paradigm.

PART ONE. ENTERING THE INNER THEATER OF LEADERS.

2. The Narcissistic Leader: Myth and Reality.

3. A Parade of Personalities.

4. Leaders and Followers: Moving Away from People.

5. Leaders and Followers: Moving Against People.

6. Elation and Its Vicissitudes.

7. The Impostor Syndrome: The Shadow Side of Success.

PART TWO. CHANGING MINDSETS.

8. Can Leaders Change? Yes, But Only If They Want To.

9. Taking the Road Less Traveled.

10. Coach or Couch, Anybody?

11. Group Leadership Coaching.

PART THREE. UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

12. The Unconscious Life of Groups and Organizations.

13. Unraveling the Mystery of Organizations.

14. Conclusion: Creating “Authentizotic” Organizations.

Index.

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