REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii

PREFACE xv

Psychoanalysis and organizational life xv

First case: an entrepreneur xix

The clinical paradigm xxi

About this book xxii

PART I: LEADERS, FOOLS, AND IMPOSTORS 1

INTRODUCTION 2

Playing the organizational fool 4

1 THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSONALITY 6

Introduction 6

Entrepreneurship: views from other disciplines 8

Common psychological themes in the entrepreneurial

personality 10

The effects of family dynamics 17

Case study: The entrepreneur’s story 18

Falling into extremes 22