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REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP

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  • The Medusa women

  • The meaning of work

  • Competition and self-defeating behavior

  • The symbolic nature of the enterprise

  • The process of change

  • The entrepreneurial life cycle

  • Working effectively with entrepreneurs

  • Endnotes

  • 2 THE HYPOMANIC PERSONALITY

    • Introduction

    • The Dionysian quality of charismatic leadership

    • Case study: Hypomania in action

    • Elation and its vicissitudes

    • Managing a hypomanic

    • Hypomania in the workplace

    • Possible interventions

    • Self-help measures

    • The plus side for organizations

    • Endnotes



  • 3 THE ALEXITHYMIC PERSONALITY

    • Introduction

    • The ‘dead fi sh’ syndrome

    • Identifying alexithymia

    • Alexithymia as a communication disorder

    • Where do the origins of alexithymia lie?

    • Degrees of alexithymia

    • Alexithymics in the workplace

    • The Alexithymic CEO

    • Working with an alexithymic manager

    • Managing an alexithymic

    • Searching for solutions

    • Endnote



  • 4 THE IMPOSTOR SYNDROME

    • Introduction

    • What makes an impostor?

    • The creative artist as impostor

    • The impostor as national leader CONTENTS ix

    • The impostor: a character sketch

    • Case study: The impostor as entrepreneur

    • Endnote

    • A FAKE 5 NEUROTIC IMPOSTORS: FEELING LIKE

    • Introduction

    • What creates imposturous feelings?

    • The neurotic impostor in the workplace

    • How the fear can become a reality

    • How neurotic impostors can impact on businesses

    • Finding solutions

    • End notes

    • A LEADER’S HUBRIS 6 THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOOL: BALANCING

    • Introduction

    • The role of the fool

    • The fool as cultural hero

    • The benefi ts of humor

    • What makes a fool?

    • The organizational fool

    • The value of the fool

    • Endnote



  • PART II: THE PATHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP

  • INTRODUCTION

  • 7 PRISONERS OF LEADERSHIP

    • Introduction

    • Case study: The case of Robert Clark

    • Case study: The case of Frederick the Great

    • Externalizing inner confl icts

    • The search for authority

    • Regressive group processes

    • Case study: The case of Ted Howell

    • Distance and aggression in leaders

    • Managing leaders’ behavior in organizations

    • Endnotes

    • THE TYRANT WITHIN 8 THE SPIRIT OF DESPOTISM: UNDERSTANDING

    • Introduction

    • Setting the scene for tyranny

    • What motivates tyrants?

    • How tyrannies operate

    • How despotic regimes are maintained

    • The despot’s toolbox

    • The economic costs of tyranny

    • The need for democracy

    • The dangers of power

    • Why despotism must be fought

    • Unjust deserts

    • Judicial remedy

    • The International Criminal Court

    • Endnote

    • ZULU IN THE ATTIC 9 LEADERSHIP BY TERROR: FINDING SHAKA

    • Introduction

    • The life and death of an absolute despot

    • Deconstructing the despot’s inner theater

    • The colluding mind

    • A tyranny of self-deception

    • Leaders and followers

    • Shaka’s legacy

    • Endnote



  • PART III: TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP

  • INTRODUCTION

    • CONQUEROR ON LEADERSHIP BY A MASTER

    • Introduction

    • The life of Alexander

    • Alexander’s legacy

    • Lessons in leadership à la Alexander

    • Conclusions

    • Endnote



  • 11 LEADERS WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE CONTENTS xi

    • Introduction

    • The effects of leaders on their organizations

    • Different leaders, same results

    • The architectural aspect of leadership

    • The charismatic role of leaders

    • Conclusions

    • Endnote

    • CREATIVE PEOPLE 12 REAPING THE WHIRLWIND: MANAGING

    • Introduction

    • Characteristics of creative people

    • Stimulating creativity

    • Playing in a transitional world

    • Two roads to creativity

    • Creative management

    • Watching for the danger signs

    • Endnote



  • PART IV: LEADERSHIP IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

  • INTRODUCTION

    • THE GLOBAL CORPORATION 13 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADER WITHIN

    • Introduction

    • A case study in internationalization

    • Forms of global organizations

    • Qualities needed in global leaders

    • Training, transfer, teamwork, and travel

    • global leader A framework for analyzing the development of the

    • Conclusions

    • Endnote

    • BUSINESS LEADER 14 IN SEARCH OF THE NEW EUROPEAN

    • Introduction

    • The challenge of diversity

    • Internal and external competition

    • Is a single model possible? xii CONTENTS

    • A middle path

    • Dealing with change

    • The making of the European leader

    • Leadership in Europe and beyond

    • Endnote

    • CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP 15 LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’: RUSSIAN

    • The Russian character

    • character Contextual factors in the formation of the Russian

    • Russia’s transition: from cooperatives to capitalism

    • New leaders and new followers

    • Eight leadership lessons

    • Challenges for global Russian business leaders

    • The end of the beginning

    • Endnotes

    • ORGANIZATIONS CONCLUSION: CREATING HIGH-COMMITMENT

    • The future of organizations

    • Meta-values for great companies

    • Motivational need systems

    • Leaders and meta-value creation

    • Concluding comments

    • Endnote



  • REFERENCES

  • INDEX

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