Synopses & Reviews
World-renowned leadership expert Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries draws on his extensive experience in group leadership coaching to provide an in-depth look at the coaching process through the lens of psychodynamic mindfulness, considering the diversity of individual and organizational learning.
Kets de Vries advises on how the best leadership coaches help their executive clients create the tipping points that lead to significant personal and professional change and explains the innovative tools to support this intervention technique. Including case studies and questionnaires that facilitate a deep understanding of the psychodynamics of personal and organizational change, this book will help coaches and executives to transform their teams' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors and create a 'best place' to work.
About the Author
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change, at INSEAD, France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi and Founder of INSEAD's Global Leadership Center, one of the largest leadership development centers in the world. He is a world renowned psychologist, leadership and coaching expert and is chairman of the Kets de Vries Institute (KDVI), a boutique leadership development consulting firm. He is a consultant on organizational design/transformation and strategic human resource management to leading US, Canadian, European, African, and Asian companies and he has been rated among the world's top 50 leading management thinkers and most influential contributors to human resource management by the Financial Times, Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, and The Economist. Kets de Vries is also the first non-American recipient of the International Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to leadership research and development, being considered one of the world's founding professionals in the development of leadership as a field and discipline.
Table of Contents
1. The Hedgehog's Kiss
2. The Art of Forgiveness
3. Are you a Victim of the Victim Syndrome?
4. Are you in the Rescuing Business?
5. Are you dealing with an SOB Leader?
6. The Coaching Conundrum
7. Teaching Executives how to Play
8. Creating Tipping Points