"Your business can have all the advantages in the world; strong financial resources, enviable market position, and state-of-the-art technology, but if leadership fails, all of these advantages melt away." - Manfred Kets de Vries

Preface1. Leadership in a dissonant voice: Using the prism of the clinical paradigmIntroducing key issuesThe centrality of the clinical paradigm2. Emotional intelligence in the world of workIntelligence as a multifaceted attributeA closer look at emotional intelligenceHoning the sub-skills of emotional intelligenceA mood too far: Managing emotional extremesThe core conflictual relationship themeDeepening our understanding of our inner theaterEscaping psychic prison3. The mussel syndromeCorporate consequences of the mussel syndromeThe changing organizational paradigmCompanies that endure4. The failure factor in leadershipExecutive behavior: Myth and realityRational and irrational behaviorDysfunctional patterns in leadershipThe transference trapThe impact of narcissism5. The dynamics of successionMidlife dilemmasThe life-cycle of a CEOGenerational envy6. The Dilbert phenomenonThe deadness withinResuscitating “dead” leadersWhole-life strategy versus deferred-life strategyThe tragedies of success and near-successA summary prescription for revitalization &; 7. The rot at the topNeurotic styles and organizationsThe dramatic personality/organizationThe suspicious personality/organizationThe detached personality/organizationThe depressive personality/organizationThe compulsive personality/organizationCase examplesAn organizational vicious circle8. Achieving personal and organizational changeThe process of changeThe dynamics of individual changeThe dynamics of organizational transformationLeadership strategies for implementing change9. Characteristics of effective leadershipLeadership models10. Leadership in a global contextThe wheel of cultureIdentifying global leadership abilitiesGlobal leadership development11. Roles leaders playLeadership versus managementThe dual roles of leadership12. Leadership developmentSelection problemsDevelopmental tasksLeadership in the “digital age”13. Authentizotic organizationsThe best companies to work forThe “healthy” individual bsp;Characteristics of the “authentizotic” organizationThe gender question14. Final thoughtsSuggested further reading 7