The first part of this article is an account of a coach’s reflections on leadership group coaching. It explains the road toward becoming a group coach. It describes elements of this inner journey: what coaches are running from, and to, and why—to penetrate the mystery that is the self. The...

This paper describes the phenomenon of mass psychosis. It explains that human beings, when exposed to too much stress, act as the herd animals we are, and can become victim to strange psychological group reactions. Large numbers of people may lose touch with reality and descend into a...

This article discusses the behaviour of 'sheeple'—a blended word or portmanteaux that encompasses the words 'sheep' and 'people'. Sheeples are commonly docile, compliant, easily persuaded, and inclined to follow the crowd. Through a comparison with the herding behaviour of animals, the article...

In this article, I explore subtle, mostly out-of-awareness dialogues between consultants and clients and highlight how consultants use themselves as an “instrument” when dealing with their clients - using their own reactions to help interpret what the client is trying to transmit to them. To...

This article is based on the responses of 160 senior executives to questions of what success means to them. Eight major categories of success emerged: family, wealth, work/career, recognition/fame, power, winning/overcoming challenges, friendships, and meaning. Experiences of success depended on...

How do organizations become and remain great places to work? That is the question that primarily motivates this chapter. The authors claim that is precisely the adaptive capability of self-renewal which characterizes great places to work. But changing mindsets is never easy and the need for...

Starting with a case study, this article focuses on procrastination and includes a short test to assess the reader’s procrastination tendencies. The conscious and unconscious factors that contribute to procrastination are discussed, suggesting that procrastination can be regarded as a failure...

This article deals with the problem of white-collar crime—nonviolent financial crimes that include Ponzi schemes, insider trading, fraud, identity theft, copyright infringement and many more. White-collar crime is a major reason why approval and trust in businesspeople have eroded public...

This article suggests that by deconstructing evil it is possible to capture the moral significance of evil actions, characters, and atrocities. Evil is often used as a means to an end—such as obtaining wealth, sex, status, or power. It may also come to the fore as a response to a threat to the...

This article discusses the qualities needed to become super-rich. It highlights the explosion and concentration of wealth. Also, it points out how and where these people made their money. An in-depth look is taken at the personality of these super-rich by reviewing the scripts in their inner...