This is a collection of papers by well-known contemporary writers who describe their own models of coaching and their thoughts on the theoretical roots that define their work.
The collection explores the theoretical underpinning of coaching from classical to contemporary thinkers, sets the appropriate organizational context for coaching within the framework of contemporary organizations, and traces the historical developments of personality testing and the lasting role that psychometrics play in the coaching industry. It also examines the differences between psychodynamic and...
This is a collection of papers by well-known contemporary writers who describe their own models of coaching and their thoughts on the theoretical root...
This book samples the groundbreaking work that has been developed over the last 25 years by psychoanalysts, writers and practitioners associated with the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Studies of Organizations (ISPSO).
What characterizes this collection of original papers is an attempt to look at organizations, groups, teams and organizational role holders using psychoanalytic, systemic and psychodynamic perspectives that collectively eschew superficial, linear, prescriptive and mechanistic views of both the system and the individual within. These papers,...
This book samples the groundbreaking work that has been developed over the last 25 years by psychoanalysts, writers and practitioners associated with ...
'This is a much needed book, giving a readable, insightful and constructive perspective on many of today's societal, political and economic ailments. It is my fervent hope that it finds a large readership in the leadership echelons of our society. Whoever reads it will have difficulty putting it down as, the content is gripping.'- Anton Obholzer, psychoanalyst and organisational consultant, formerly director, Tavistock Centre London'At a time when our world badly needs thinking that takes us out of our conventional boxes, these papers bravely and thoughtfully offer new perspectives on key...
'This is a much needed book, giving a readable, insightful and constructive perspective on many of today's societal, political and economic ailments. ...
The main purpose of this book is to look at a range of ubiquitous phenomena that make up our daily life and to ask not so much whether but what psychoanalytic thinking can add to our current understanding of these phenomena. Could there be another layer, below the obvious surface-layer that needs to be explored further? If so, can psychoanalytic light reflect upon and illuminate some of the new contours and shapes perhaps previously not fully seen or appreciated? What interim conclusions can we reach as a result of this reflection upon our modern world? This book is linked to its immediate...
The main purpose of this book is to look at a range of ubiquitous phenomena that make up our daily life and to ask not so much whether but what psycho...