Takes the reader on a journey into the individual's personal 'underworld'. This book helps the reader understand the inner theatre of leaders and followers. It looks at the structure of the executive's world, and tries to extricate some of the wishes, fears, and anxieties prevalent in the world of o[...]

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 [...]

What makes despotic leaders tick? How do they become despots? On a lesser (but far more common) scale: why are some people ruthlessly abrasive in the workplace? Why do some business leaders appear to lose their sense of humanity? How and why do they create a culture of fear, uncertainty and doubt in[...]