The Leader on the Couch

Description

Despite the proven benefits of emotional intelligence, organizational life has typically been hostile to the inner world of feeling. Rationality is deemed superior to feeling, which can contaminate judgment. But without feeling there is no passion, and no action. This book sets out to change people and organizations for the better, by revealing the 'dark side' of leadership behaviour and its impact on performance. Tapping into the startling parallels between the journey to emotional intelligence, the process of psychoanalysis, the practice of leadership coaching and the Zen journey to enlightenment, renowned thinker Manfred Kets de Vries helps executives, consultants, and coaches to peel back the layers of self-deception and reveal how inner personality -- largely hard-wired since early childhood -- affects the way they lead and manage others.

First Sentence

What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?

Description

"People worldwide complain that there's a discrepancy between what leaders say and what they do, and it's rooted in the leaders' own lack of awareness of their psychological drivers and mood states. The Leader on the Couch will help you beat self-deception and reveal how inner personality - largely hard-wired since childhood - affects the way you lead and manage others."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

• The Leader on the CouchElectronic resourceJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.2006-01-01
• The Leader on the CouchWiley2006-09-25