Description
Book SynopsisIn 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.
Table of ContentsPreface 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
Index 403
