executive coaching and the secrets of building high performance teams /
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries.
xxv, 289 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF GROUPS AND TEAMS -- ch. 1 How a Group Becomes a Team -- ch. 2 Swimming in the Relational "Soup" -- ch. 3 Leadership Coaching and High Performance Teams -- pt. TWO A PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS -- ch. 4 Understanding Individuals in Groups -- ch. 5 The Secret Life of Groups -- ch. 6 Into the Cloud: The Phenomenon of the Group-as-a-Whole -- pt. THREE CREATING AUTHENTIZOTIC ORGANIZATIONS -- ch. 7 Toward Systemic Change in Organizations -- ch. 8 Being an Effective Change Agent -- ch. 9 The Zen of Group Coaching -- ch. 10 A Holistic Design for Organizational Interventions.
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"In today's global world organizations rely more and more on virtual teams. In his latest book on group coaching for high-performance teams, Manfred Kets de Vries provides a clear understanding of how to coach groups of managers and make them effective teams that can bring greatly improved performance for their companies. Executives, consultants, and coaches will learn what factors drive their success or failure and how to improve their ability to adapt to changing situations"--
"The book is important as it is one of the very few that touches the topic of team coaching, and that deals with group coaching and change"--