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A CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE TRANSFORMATION

Manfred Kets de Vries and Elisabet Engellau

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

—William Shakespeare

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.

—Sigmund Freud

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart . . . Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

—Carl Jung

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

—Andre Gide

Introduction

There is a story about a thief and a rich man who were traveling together on a train. The thief, of course, was following the rich man precisely because of his wealth. Whenever ...

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