There is often a great discrepancy between what leaders say and what they do. This book sets out to discover why that is. Manfred Kets de Vries explores the notion that this failure is grounded in leaders' inability to recognize their own moods and subconscious urges, leading to subjective decisions based on hidden forces. Drawing on the Zen journey to enlightenment and the author's own experience as a psychoanalyst, The Leader on the Couch offers executives, consultants, and coaches a means to peel back the layers of self-deception and discover how inner personality affects the way we lead and manage others.
