Reflections on Character and Leadership
On the Couch with Manfred Kets de Vries
(Sprache: Englisch)
Reflections on Character and Leadership is the first of thethree books in the Manfred kets de Vries on the Couch series.
Here, Kets de Vries looks at entrepreneurship, the pathology ofleadership, and the personality of the leader. The reader willvisit the...
Here, Kets de Vries looks at entrepreneurship, the pathology ofleadership, and the personality of the leader. The reader willvisit the...
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Reflections on Character and Leadership is the first of thethree books in the Manfred kets de Vries on the Couch series.Here, Kets de Vries looks at entrepreneurship, the pathology ofleadership, and the personality of the leader. The reader willvisit the disturbed inner worlds of leaders like Alexander theGreat, Shaka Zulu and Robert Maxwell, discover how to distinguishbetween a cold fish and a live volcano, and identify impostors,despots, organizational fools and global leaders.
The book highlights the basic principles of the clinicalparadigm-the process of putting organizations and theindividuals who lead them on the psychoanalyst's couch. Itincludes studies of personality archetypes and the effects theyhave on organizational life and culture-and the effects thatorganizations have on them. Referring frequently to key managementconcepts, Kets de Vries looks not only at what happens when thingsgo wrong, but also at how to create the psychological andorganizational space to makesure that things go right.
About the series:
The series offers an overview of Kets de Vries's workspanning four decades, a period in which he has established himselfas the leading figure in the clinical study of organizationalleadership.
The books in this series contain a representative selection ofKets de Vries' writings about leadership from a wide varietyof published sources and cover character and leadership in a globalcontext, career development and leadership in organizations. Theoriginal essays were all written or published between 1976 and2008. Updated where appropriate and revised by the author, theypresent a digest of the work of one of the most influentialmanagement thinkers of the present day.
Reflections on Character and Leadership is the first of the three books in the Manfred kets de Vries on the Couch series.
Here, Kets de Vries looks at entrepreneurship, the pathology of leadership, and the personality of the leader. The reader will visit the disturbed inner worlds of leaders like Alexander the Great, Shaka Zulu and Robert Maxwell, discover how to distinguish between a cold fish and a live volcano, and identify impostors, despots, organizational fools and global leaders.
The book highlights the basic principles of the clinical paradigm--the process of putting organizations and the individuals who lead them on the psychoanalyst's couch. It includes studies of personality archetypes and the effects they have on organizational life and culture--and the effects that organizations have on them. Referring frequently to key management concepts, Kets de Vries looks not only at what happens when things go wrong, but also at how to create the psychological and organizational space to make sure that things go right.
About the series:
The series offers an overview of Kets de Vries's work spanning four decades, a period in which he has established himself as the leading figure in the clinical study of organizational leadership.
The books in this series contain a representative selection of Kets de Vries' writings about leadership from a wide variety of published sources and cover character and leadership in a global context, career development and leadership in organizations. The original essays were all written or published between 1976 and 2008. Updated where appropriate and revised by the author, they present a digest of the work of one of the most influential management thinkers of the present day.
Here, Kets de Vries looks at entrepreneurship, the pathology of leadership, and the personality of the leader. The reader will visit the disturbed inner worlds of leaders like Alexander the Great, Shaka Zulu and Robert Maxwell, discover how to distinguish between a cold fish and a live volcano, and identify impostors, despots, organizational fools and global leaders.
The book highlights the basic principles of the clinical paradigm--the process of putting organizations and the individuals who lead them on the psychoanalyst's couch. It includes studies of personality archetypes and the effects they have on organizational life and culture--and the effects that organizations have on them. Referring frequently to key management concepts, Kets de Vries looks not only at what happens when things go wrong, but also at how to create the psychological and organizational space to make sure that things go right.
About the series:
The series offers an overview of Kets de Vries's work spanning four decades, a period in which he has established himself as the leading figure in the clinical study of organizational leadership.
The books in this series contain a representative selection of Kets de Vries' writings about leadership from a wide variety of published sources and cover character and leadership in a global context, career development and leadership in organizations. The original essays were all written or published between 1976 and 2008. Updated where appropriate and revised by the author, they present a digest of the work of one of the most influential management thinkers of the present day.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Reflections on Character and Leadership “
AcknowledgmentsPreface
Psychoanalysis and organizational life
First case: an entrepreneur
The clinical paradigm
About this book
PART I: LEADERS, FOOLS, AND IMPOSTORS
INTRODUCTION
Playing the organizational fool
1. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITY
Introduction
Entrepreneurship: views from other disciplines
Common psychological themes in the entrepreneurial personality
The effects of family dynamics
Case study: The entrepreneur's story
Falling into extremes
The Medusa women
The meaning of work
Competition and self-defeating behavior
The symbolic nature of the enterprise
The process of change
The entrepreneurial life cycle
Working effectively with entrepreneurs
Endnotes
2. THE HYPOMANIC PERSONALITY
Introduction
The Dionysian quality of charismatic leadership
Case study: Hypomania in action
Elation and its vicissitudes
Managing a hypomanic
Hypomania in the workplace
Possible interventions
Self-help measures
The plus side for organizations
Endnotes
3. THE ALEXITHYMIC PERSONALITY
Introduction
The 'dead fish' syndrome
Identifying alexithymia
Alexithymia as a communication disorder
Where do the origins of alexithymia lie
Degrees of alexithymia
Alexithymics in the workplace
The Alexithymic CEO
Working with an alexithymic manager
Managing an alexithymic
Searching for solutions
Endnote
4. THE IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
Introduction
What makes an impostor
The creative artist as impostor
The impostor as national leader
The impostor: a character sketch
Case study: The impostor as entrepreneu
Endnote
5. NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE A FAKE
Introduction
What creates imposturous feelings
The neurotic impostor in the workplace
How the fear can become a reality
How neurotic impostors can impact on businesses
Finding solutions
Endnotes
6. THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOOL: BALANCING A LEADER'S
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HUBRIS
Introduction
The role of the fool
The fool as cultural hero
The benefits of humor
What makes a fool
The organizational fool
The value of the fool
Endnote
PART II: THE PATHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
7. PRISONERS OF LEADERSHIP
Introduction
Externalizing inner conflicts
The search for authority
Regressive group processes
Distance and aggression in leaders
Managing leaders' behavior in organizations
Endnotes
8. THE SPIRIT OF DESPOTISM: UNDERSTANDING THE TYRANT WITHIN
Introduction
Setting the scene for tyranny
What motivates tyrants
How tyrannies operate
How despotic regimes are maintained
The despot's toolbox
The economic costs of tyranny
The need for democracy
The dangers of power
Why despotism must be fought
Unjust deserts
Judicial remedy
The International Criminal Court
Endnote
9. LEADERSHIP BY TERROR: FINDING SHAKA ZULU IN THE ATTIC
Introduction
The life and death of an absolute despot
Deconstructing the despot's inner theater
The colluding mind
A tyranny of self-deception
Leaders and followers
Shaka's legacy
Endnote
PART III: TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
10. 'DOING AN ALEXANDER': LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP BY A MASTER CONQUEROR
Introduction
The life of Alexander
Alexander's legacy
Lessons in leadership ... la Alexander
Conclusions
Endnote 210
11. LEADERS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Introduction
The effects of leaders on their organizations
Different leaders, same results
The architectural aspect of leadership
The charismatic role of leaders
Conclusions
Endnote
12. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND: MANAGING CREATIVE PEOPLE
Introduction
Characteristics of creative people
Stimulating creativity
Playing in a transitional world
Two roads to creativity
Creative management
Watching for the danger signs
Endnote
PART IV: LEADERSHIP IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
INTRODUCTION
13. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL LEADER WITHIN THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION
Introduction
A case study in internationalization
Forms of global organizations
Qualities needed in global leaders
Training, transfer, teamwork, and travel
A framework for analyzing the development of the global leader
Conclusions
Endnote
14. IN SEARCH OF THE NEW EUROPEAN BUSINESS LEADER
Introduction
The challenge of diversity
Internal and external competition
Is a single model possible
A middle path
Dealing with change
The making of the European leader
Leadership in Europe and beyond
Endnote
15. LESSONS FROM THE 'WILD EAST': RUSSIAN CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP
The Russian character
Contextual factors in the formation of the Russian character
Russia's transition: from cooperatives to capitalism
New leaders and new followers
Eight leadership lessons
Challenges for global Russian business leaders
The end of the beginning
Endnotes
CONCLUSION: CREATING HIGH-COMMITMENT ORGANIZATIONS
The inevitable march of globalization
Meta-values for great companies
Motivational need systems
Leaders and meta-value creation
Concluding comments
Endnote
References
Index
Introduction
The role of the fool
The fool as cultural hero
The benefits of humor
What makes a fool
The organizational fool
The value of the fool
Endnote
PART II: THE PATHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
7. PRISONERS OF LEADERSHIP
Introduction
Externalizing inner conflicts
The search for authority
Regressive group processes
Distance and aggression in leaders
Managing leaders' behavior in organizations
Endnotes
8. THE SPIRIT OF DESPOTISM: UNDERSTANDING THE TYRANT WITHIN
Introduction
Setting the scene for tyranny
What motivates tyrants
How tyrannies operate
How despotic regimes are maintained
The despot's toolbox
The economic costs of tyranny
The need for democracy
The dangers of power
Why despotism must be fought
Unjust deserts
Judicial remedy
The International Criminal Court
Endnote
9. LEADERSHIP BY TERROR: FINDING SHAKA ZULU IN THE ATTIC
Introduction
The life and death of an absolute despot
Deconstructing the despot's inner theater
The colluding mind
A tyranny of self-deception
Leaders and followers
Shaka's legacy
Endnote
PART III: TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
10. 'DOING AN ALEXANDER': LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP BY A MASTER CONQUEROR
Introduction
The life of Alexander
Alexander's legacy
Lessons in leadership ... la Alexander
Conclusions
Endnote 210
11. LEADERS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Introduction
The effects of leaders on their organizations
Different leaders, same results
The architectural aspect of leadership
The charismatic role of leaders
Conclusions
Endnote
12. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND: MANAGING CREATIVE PEOPLE
Introduction
Characteristics of creative people
Stimulating creativity
Playing in a transitional world
Two roads to creativity
Creative management
Watching for the danger signs
Endnote
PART IV: LEADERSHIP IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
INTRODUCTION
13. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL LEADER WITHIN THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION
Introduction
A case study in internationalization
Forms of global organizations
Qualities needed in global leaders
Training, transfer, teamwork, and travel
A framework for analyzing the development of the global leader
Conclusions
Endnote
14. IN SEARCH OF THE NEW EUROPEAN BUSINESS LEADER
Introduction
The challenge of diversity
Internal and external competition
Is a single model possible
A middle path
Dealing with change
The making of the European leader
Leadership in Europe and beyond
Endnote
15. LESSONS FROM THE 'WILD EAST': RUSSIAN CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP
The Russian character
Contextual factors in the formation of the Russian character
Russia's transition: from cooperatives to capitalism
New leaders and new followers
Eight leadership lessons
Challenges for global Russian business leaders
The end of the beginning
Endnotes
CONCLUSION: CREATING HIGH-COMMITMENT ORGANIZATIONS
The inevitable march of globalization
Meta-values for great companies
Motivational need systems
Leaders and meta-value creation
Concluding comments
Endnote
References
Index
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
- 2009, 1. Auflage., 366 Seiten, Maße: 23,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470742429
- ISBN-13: 9780470742426
Sprache:
Englisch
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