The Leadership Mystique

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, a specialist in management and psychology, argues that effective leadership today calls for behavior quite unlike the conventional tradition: leaders who appeal to their people's shared imagination, bring them into the enterprise and motivate them to full commitment. He works through the layers of complexity beneath leading people day to day, centering on how individuals and organizations behave, how relationships and commitment are built, and how leaders adapt their own conduct. The volume works as a workbook, with practical exercises and probing self-questionnaires that let practising executives assess and develop their own leadership qualities.

Deal'n founder Nadia Al Sheikh recommended it for understanding leaders, including their inner theater, the challenges in front of them and the positive mentoring an effective leader offers.