There is often a great discrepancy between what leaders say and what they do. This book sets out to discover why that is. Manfred Kets de Vries explores the notion that this failure is grounded in leaders' inability to recognize their own moods and subconscious urges, leading to subjective decisions based on hidden forces.
Why is it worth your time to read this book?
Because 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.
Part One describes personality prototypes found in the workplace, and explores their impact in organizational life. Part Two looks at the educational 'technology' needed to change executive mindsets, and discusses intervention methods that can lead to change. Finally, Part Three deals with system-wide interventions, including ways of doing a leadership audit. The book closes with a call for 'authentizotic' organizations ? where leaders 'walk the talk', people feel alive and all are called to give their very best.
"One new book that does deserve praise" (Financial Times Career Point, September 2006)
