PRISONERS OF LEADERSHIP
by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries. John Wiley & Sons, 1989



PREFACE --- Corporate leaders are our contemporary heroes and villains. Leadership is seductive (piii-vii)

1) The internal psychic theater of the leader (p1-10)

2) Uncovering the operational code --- the enigma of leadership (p11-27)

3) The mysterious transformation --- leaders who can't manage (p29-52)

4) The spectrum of personalities --- leaders and followers (p53-88)

5) Personal glory and power --- leadership in a Narcissistic age (p89-114)

6) Folie a deux --- leaders driving their followers mad (p115-136)

7) The dark side of entrepreneurship (p137-162)

8) The succession game (p163-186)

9) "I'd follow that man anywhere blindfolded" --- effective leadership (p187-212)

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10) The leader as "Symbol" (p213-221)

CHAPTER NOTES (p223-242)

INDEX (p243-246)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (book flap)


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