Kantor Reading the Room

Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-22120-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Jossey-Bass Business and Management Series (US)

Praise for Reading the Room
"If you believe, as I do, that tackling our toughest problems inorganizations and societies will require significant advances inthe human domain of how we think and interact, then you will findthis book a wonderful resource for a healthier future."--PeterSenge, senior lecturer, leadership and sustainability, MIT SloanSchool of Management; and founding chair, Society forOrganizational Learning (SoL)
"A must-read for anyone truly interested in gaining access toand managing their own actions/behavior as well as all those wework with, live with, and interact with. It will shift the way you,others, and the world occur for you."--Michael C. Jensen, JesseIsidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, emeritus,Harvard Business School
"David Kantor is one of the very few master innovators andtheorists in organizational leadership. In this combined story andpractice guide, Kantor helps leaders see the hidden dynamics of thegroups they lead, and the personal and social factors that shapetheir relationships with those groups." --Art Kleiner, editorin chief, strategy+business
"Kantor addresses the fundamental issue that leaders aresurprisingly inept in conversation and in managing groups. Leadersand managers at all levels should be learning these concepts inorder to improve their own ability to analyze what is going on andreact appropriately."--Edgar H. Schein, professor emeritus, MITSloan School of Management; and author, Helping: How to Offer,Give, and Receive Help
"An exceptional book in the true sense of the word. It standsalone in its grasp of what it takes to succeed as a leader. It'snot simply about mastering the five forces, milking cash cows,accelerating experience curves, or even spurring disruptiveinnovation. It's about reading the room. Leaders who gain masteryof what David Kantor has to teach in this book will achieve truesuccess, not just as leaders, but as people." --Diana M. Smith,chief executive partner, New Profit Inc.; and author, The Elephantin the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leadersand Organizations
"There are only a few wise masters in the world when it comes toany real understanding of leader-ship, and even fewer who sharetheir secrets. David Kantor is one of them, and in Reading the Roomwe have brilliantly laid out before us both a unique lens and ahighly practical method that will change for good the way you lead,and more, the way you think. Not to be missed!" --WilliamIsaacs, author, Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together; andsenior lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kantor, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
ONE Reading the Room: Introduction and Framework 1
PART ONE A Complete Language for Understanding Leader Behavior 21
TWO Level I: Action Stances: The Four-Player Model 23
THREE Level II: Domains of Communication: Affect, Power, and Meaning 49
FOUR Level III: Systems in Control of Speech 79
FIVE The Behavioral Profile: A Synthesis of Levels I, II, and III 109
PART TWO Identity and Leader Behavior in High Stakes 125
SIX Level IV: Stories, Identity, and Structured Behavior 127
SEVEN Narrative Purpose 151
EIGHT Leader Behavior in High-Stakes Situations 167
NINE The Heroic Leader in Crisis 193
TEN Sources and Signs of Moral Corruption in Leaders 231
PART THREE Models and the Ultimate Leader 263
ELEVEN From Personal Model to Leadership Model 265
TWELVE Building a Leadership Model 281
THIRTEEN A Model for Living 315
FOURTEEN Beyond the Behavioral Profile 339
FIFTEEN A Structural Dynamics Analysis of Barack Obama 361
AFTERWORD Where Structural Dynamics Goes from Here 385
Notes 387
Acknowledgments 399
About the Author 401

Über Autor(innen)

David Kantor, Ph.D., is a systems psychologist, organizational consultant, and clinical researcher. Kantor was formerly the head of Monitor Kantor Enterprises (MKE), a business unit of Monitor Group. Kantor has been a professor at Harvard University, Harvard University Medical School, and Tufts University Medical School. He also founded and served as director of the Kantor Family Institute, a postgraduate training center in Boston, and The Kantor Institute, a training center for consultants, coaches, and leaders.