1st Edition
Interactional Leadership and How to Coach It The art of the choice-focused leader
Preface: The current crisis in leadership: How can interactional leadership coaching help? Part One - What is Interactional Leadership? Prologue: The Choice-focused Leader 1. The Achievement Cycle and the Art of Leadership Choice-making 2. The Psychology of Interactional Leadership and its Ethical and Multirole Dimensions 3. The Psychology and Neuroscience of Choice and the Philosophy of Interactional Leadership Part Two - Coaching the choice-focused leader: Interactional Leadership coaching in practice 4. Coaching the Non-resourcing Leader: ‘Dracula’ in the boardroom: The case of Blake S. 5. The Practical Techniques of Interactional Leadership Coaching 6. Coaching the non-strategizing leader: ‘Zombie leadership’: The case of Arjun J. 7. Coaching the non-delivering leader: ‘Blocked at every turn’: The case of Deborah K. Part Three – The multiplicity of leadership roles – and how to coach them 8. The Global Leader, the Entrepreneur and the Chair of the Board: Coaching across the spectrum 9. The Team Leader: Creating the dialectical team 10. The Potential Leader: Coaching the rising star and the gender gap in leadership 11. The Thought Leader: Coaching creative and intellectual leadership 12. The Influence of the Group in Leadership: Coaching the board Part Four - Interactional leadership in the public domain 13. From Steve Jobs to Hamlet: The art of the choice-focused leader in business, politics and literature Part Five – Choosing the Future: Leaders and coaches 14. Engaging with Choice: Ethical issues for leaders and leadership coaching 15. Difficult Leaders: Addressing the paradox of leadership coaching 16. Choosing the Future: What decisions lie in store for leaders and their coaches?
Biography
Michael Harvey is one of Europe’s most experienced leadership coaches. Based in London, UK, he is an organizational psychologist and the author of Interactional Coaching: Choice-focused learning at work (Routledge, 2012).
"Interactional Leadership is a major contribution to the literature of coaching and leadership. Its combination of carefully argued theory and highly accessible case vignettes provides a clear, relevant, engaging and challenging text for all interested in the possibilities and pitfalls of leadership. I don't know of anything quite like it out there." - Professor Ernesto Spinelli, ES Associates, London, UK
