Reading the Room
Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders
Published on 11. May 2012
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-470-90343-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this innovative book, renowned psychologist David Kantor applies his research and theory of structural dynamics to the workplace to show how individual leaders and coaches can develop their own skills in understanding group dynamics and apply this understanding to improve organizational communication and performance. Reading the Room provides guidelines for understanding the differences between communication in low stakes and high stakes situations, a framework for improving leadership behavior in crisis, and action strategies to enhance leadership development through organizational approaches and accelerated team performance.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Tables: 10 B&W, 0 Color; Exhibits: 10 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1016 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-90343-8 (9780470903438)
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
04/2012
Jossey-Bass
€48.99
Available for download
E-Book
04/2012
Jossey-Bass
€48.99
Available for download
Person
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.
Content
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