Discover true leadership with this actionable guide from a world renowned leadership expert
psychoanalyst and executive coach In Leading Wisely: Becoming a Reflective Leader in Turbulent
Times renowned leadership expert psychoanalyst and executive coach Manfred Kets De Vries
delivers an insightful and unique exploration of what it means to lead with wisdom. The book
demonstrates that exclusive reliance on knowledge data and information yields a superficial
leadership style lacking in depth and discernment. What's more important in the wisdom equation
is possessing humility judgment empathy compassion and night vision. With eleven chapters
full of anecdotes and tales from a variety of spiritual and cultural traditions that enrich and
lend a deeper significance to the choices we make as leaders and members of organizations
Leading Wisely provides readers with: * A thorough exploration of dealing with negative--but
entirely natural motivations like envy and greed * An emphasis on the Golden Rule--treating
others as we like to be treated ourselves * An opportunity to be courageous--to consciously and
intentionally pick our battles saving energy for what really matters * Lessons on how to
listen intently and actively truly hearing what our colleagues friends family and followers
are saying before reacting * Finding happiness within ourselves Leading Wisely: Becoming a
Reflective Leader in Turbulent Times is a startlingly incisive book filled with messages that
make the book required reading for anyone in a position of leadership or power. It also belongs
in the libraries of well-being and health practitioners who frequently deal with businesspeople
as clients or patients.
