The Hedgehog Effect

In today s global world organizations rely more and more on virtual teams. In his latest book on group coaching for high-performance teams, Manfred Kets de Vries provides a clear understanding of how to coach groups of managers and make them effective teams that can bring greatly improved performance for their companies.

Zusatztext 'A really compelling introduction to anyone wishing to know more about group psychodynamics. It is also a thought-provoking and practical oeuvre'. (HR Zone! January 2012)'A useful guide to unconscious factors in group leadership coaching.' (People Management! February 2012)'...impressive and wide-ranging book' (People Management! April 2012) Informationen zum Autor Manfred Kets de Vries is the Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Chaired Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Founder of the INSEAD Global Leadership Centre . He is a world-class authority on global leadership and executive teams. His Global Executive Leadership Inventory provides a tool and a process that has been widely recognised and used in the US and Europe. Manfred Kets de Vries and his associates have a distinctive competence in the in-house assessment of the quality of organizational leadership. Klappentext In The Hedgehog Effect, Manfred Kets de Vries presents the case for leadership group coaching as an experiential training ground for learning to function as a high performance team. His group coaching model, incorporating living case studies, has been developed over more than 20 years of delivering programs to top-level executives and sets the standard in the field of leadership group coaching.Written for coaches, consultants, leadership development directors, and anyone working in or with teams, The Hedgehog Effect begins with an in-depth analysis of what teams and groups are all about. The intricacies of leadership coaching are illustrated with an elaborate example of a team coaching intervention. In Part Two, the author applies a psychodynamic lens to the dynamics of teams and groups, taking a close look at relationship patterns, how groups evolve, and the phenomenon of the group-as-a-whole. Part Three takes a more systemic perspective, addressing the challenges that change processes pose for people in organizations, and how to create best places to work. Kets de Vries supports the whole with the story of an organizational change initiative accomplished through group coaching. Zusammenfassung In The Hedgehog Effect, Manfred Kets de Vries presents the case for leadership group coaching as an experiential training ground for learning to function as a high performance team. His group coaching model, incorporating living case studies, has been developed over more than 20 years of delivering programs to top-level executives and sets the standard in the field of leadership group coaching.Written for coaches, consultants, leadership development directors, and anyone working in or with teams, The Hedgehog Effect begins with an in-depth analysis of what teams and groups are all about. The intricacies of leadership coaching are illustrated with an elaborate example of a team coaching intervention. In Part Two, the author applies a psychodynamic lens to the dynamics of teams and groups, taking a close look at relationship patterns, how groups evolve, and the phenomenon of the group-as-a-whole. Part Three takes a more systemic perspective, addressing the challenges that change processes pose for people in organizations, and how to create best places to work. Kets de Vries supports the whole with the story of an organizational change initiative accomplished through group coaching. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ixAbout the Author xxiiiPart One: An Introduction to the Life of Groups and Teams 1Chapter 1 How a Group Becomes a Team 3Chapter 2 Swimming in the Relational "Soup" 25Chapter 3 Leadership Coaching and High Performance Teams 55Part Two: A Psychodynamic Perspective on Individuals and Groups 77Chapter 4 Understanding Individuals in Groups 79Chapter 5 The Secret Life of Groups 109Chapter 6 Into the Cloud: The Phenomenon of the Group-as-a-Whole 133Part Three: Creating Authentizotic Organizations 155Chapter 7 Toward Systemic Change in Organizations 157Chapter 8 Being...

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Manfred Kets de Vries is the Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Chaired Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Founder of the INSEAD Global Leadership Centre . He is a world-class authority on global leadership and executive teams. His Global Executive Leadership Inventory provides a tool and a process that has been widely recognised and used in the US and Europe. Manfred Kets de Vries and his associates have a distinctive competence in the in-house assessment of the quality of organizational leadership.

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In The Hedgehog Effect, Manfred Kets de Vries presents the case for leadership group coaching as an experiential training ground for learning to function as a high performance team. His group coaching model, incorporating living case studies, has been developed over more than 20 years of delivering programs to top-level executives and sets the standard in the field of leadership group coaching. Written for coaches, consultants, leadership development directors, and anyone working in or with teams, The Hedgehog Effect begins with an in-depth analysis of what teams and groups are all about. The intricacies of leadership coaching are illustrated with an elaborate example of a team coaching intervention. In Part Two, the author applies a psychodynamic lens to the dynamics of teams and groups, taking a close look at relationship patterns, how groups evolve, and the phenomenon of the group-as-a-whole. Part Three takes a more systemic perspective, addressing the challenges that change processes pose for people in organizations, and how to create best places to work. Kets de Vries supports the whole with the story of an organizational change initiative accomplished through group coaching.

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Preface ix About the Author xxiii Part One: An Introduction to the Life of Groups and Teams 1 Chapter 1 How a Group Becomes a Team 3 Chapter 2 Swimming in the Relational "Soup" 25 Chapter 3 Leadership Coaching and High Performance Teams 55 Part Two: A Psychodynamic Perspective on Individuals and Groups 77 Chapter 4 Understanding Individuals in Groups 79 Chapter 5 The Secret Life of Groups 109 Chapter 6 Into the Cloud: The Phenomenon of the Group-as-a-Whole 133 Part Three: Creating Authentizotic Organizations 155 Chapter 7 Toward Systemic Change in Organizations 157 Chapter 8 Being an Effective Change Agent 179 Chapter 9 The Zen of Group Coaching 211 Chapter 10 A Holistic Design for Organizational Interventions 239 Conclusion 255 Appendix: Instruments 261 Index 279