The Saboteur at Work

The Saboteur at Work describes how unconscious psychological processes can sabotage individual lives, the functioning of groups, teams and organisations, and even global politics, and offers practical techniques you can use to overcome the saboteur.

Autorentext

Michael Drayton is an executive coach, organisational consultant and clinical psychologist. He is an expert in leadership, resilience and mental health at work. He is an Executive Coach on the Executive MBA programme at Said Business School (University of Oxford) and a Fellow of the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.

Klappentext

The Saboteur at Work describes how unconscious psychological processes can sabotage individual lives, the functioning of groups, teams and organisations, and even global politics, and offers practical techniques you can use to overcome the saboteur.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Our Own Worst Enemy: What Is Self-sabotage? 2. The Dark Cellar: The Unconscious from Freud to the Adaptive Unconscious 3. Why You Think You're Right, Even When You're Wrong: Denial and Other Ways the Saboteur Distorts Reality 4. The Over-sensitive Burglar Alarm: Stress and the Saboteur 5. The Stories We Tell Ourselves 6. The Saboteur in the System 7. The Saboteur in the Team 8. Global Saboteurs: Self-destructive Societies 9. Learning to Manage Your Saboteur 10. Managing the Saboteur at Work Conclusion: Knowledge Is Power