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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829099903321

Autore

Kets de Vries Manfred F. R

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-119-20647-2

1-119-96592-6

1-299-31499-6

1-119-96591-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

On the couch with Manfred Kets de Vries

Disciplina

658.4/092

658.4092

Soggetti

Leadership - Psychological aspects

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

""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