Reflections on leadership and career development / Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R.

Series:

Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R. On the couch with Manfred Kets de Vries.

On the couch with Manfred Kets de Vries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership--Psychological aspects.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; San Francisco, CA : John Wiley & Sons, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Manfred Kets de Vries is in a unique and special position to analyze leadership, human development, behavior, and what it takes to be an outstanding leader. Manfred's book, like all his other works, is worth reading several times, preserving it for reading again and again and to reflect and learn."" - B Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Steel Ltd. ""At a very practical level [Manfred Kets de vries] has affected for the better the lives of probably more leaders-and therefore their followers-than anyone else alive. In this book, in an empathic and thoroughly compelling way, he draws

Contents:

REFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ABOUT THIS BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART 1: THE ORIGINS OF LEADERSHIP; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: NARCISSISM AND LEADERSHIP; CHAPTER 2: WHY FOLLOW THE LEADER?; CHAPTER 3: THE DANCE OF LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS; CHAPTER 4: LISTENING WITH THE THIRD EAR; PART 2: LEADERSHIP AND PERSONALITY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 5: VLADIMIR PUTIN, CEO OF RUSSIA, INC.: THE LEGACY AND THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 6: 'COMPLEX' EXECUTIVES I HAVE 'MET' IN COACHING AND CONSULTING; CHAPTER 7: LEADERSHIP ARCHETYPES: A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CONSTELLATION

PART 3: LEADERSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENTINTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 8: MIDLIFE-STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF; CHAPTER 9: THE CEO LIFE CYCLE; CHAPTER 10: THE RETIREMENT SYNDROME: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LETTING GO; CONCLUSION: THE TWICE-BORN EXPERIENCE; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781119206477

1119206472

9781119965923

1119965926

9781299314993

1299314996

9781119965916

1119965918

OCLC:

773564601