Beschreibung:
Erik de Haan is the Director of Ashridge's Centre for Coaching and Professor of Organization Development and Coaching at VU University Amsterdam. He regularly works with a range of universities and multinational companies, including BP, Heineken, Nike and Qualcomm. He is also the author of several books including Supervision in Action (Open University Press), Relational Coaching (Wiley) and Behind Closed Doors (Libri Publishing).
The authors are international professional practitioners who have lived, worked and consulted to organizations and coached executives from Europe, Asia, Africa and America
Preface: Leadership in the 21st centuryPart One The way leaders thriveIntroduction: the importance of framing the leadership dance
In today's fast paced, interconnected, and mercilessly competitive business world, senior executives have to push themselves and others hard. Paradoxically, to succeed as leaders, they also need to relate to others very well. Under stress and challenge, the qualities executives have relied on to get them to the top and to achieve outstanding results can overshoot into unhelpful drives that lead to business and personal catastrophes.The Leadership Shadow draws on the lived experience of executives to make sense of what actually happens when their drivers overshoot and they act out the dark side of leadership. It shows how executives can find stability in the face of uncertainty, resilience in the face of gruelling demand, and psychological equilibrium as a leader in the face of turbulence.