Telling Fairy Tales in the Boardroom: How to Make Sure Your Organization Lives Happily Ever After (INSEAD Business Press)

Telling Fairy Tales in the Board Room contains five stories that dramatize five key themes of dysfunctional leadership and how coaches can intervene. We know where we are with a fairy story. There is a cast of predictable characters, the hero or heroine is submitted to terrible trials, cruelty, and injustice but in the end the baddies get their comeuppance, good triumphs, and everyone lives happily ever after. In this book Manfred Kets de Vries, one of the world's leading authorities on the psychology of leadership, and a pioneering practitioner in the field of psychodynamic executive coaching, draws on the format of traditional fairy tales and tells us five stories that dramatize five key themes of dysfunctional leadership. The accompanying commentaries analyze each tale and examine the ways in which it applies to leadership behavior and organizational practices. This diagnostic element is supported by self-assessment tests that reinforce the main lessons of each tale and guide the reader's interpretation of the results. With Kets de Vries's guidance you'll be able to help your clients create best places to work, where everyone is the best they can be, and lives 'happily ever after'. ... In This Book Manfred Kets De Vries, One Of The World's Leading Authorities On The Psychology Of Leadership, And A Pioneering Practitioner In The Field Of Psychodynamic Executive Coaching, Draws On The Format Of Traditional Fairy Tales And Tells Us Five Stories That Dramatize Five Key Themes Of Dysfunctional Leadership. The Accompanying Commentaries Analyze Each Tale And Examine The Ways In Which It Applies To Leadership Behavior And Organizational Practices. This Diagnostic Element Is Supported By Self-assessment Tests That Reinforce The Main Lessons Of Each Tale And Guide The Reader's Interpretation Of The Results... --- From Page [4] Of The Cover. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-16 White Raven, or The Leader Who No Longer Knew Himself....Pages 17-37 The Bear-King, or The Price of Hubris....Pages 38-61 The Kindly Crone, or How to Get the Best out of People....Pages 62-79 The Four Brothers, or How to Build an Effective Team....Pages 80-101 King Lion, or How to Build an Effective Organization....Pages 102-115 Happy Ever After....Pages 116-120 Back Matter....Pages 121-125