About the Author xxiii

Part One: An Introduction to the Life of Groups and Teams 1

Chapter 1 How a Group Becomes a Team 3

Chapter 2 Swimming in the Relational "Soup" 25

Chapter 3 Leadership Coaching and High Performance Teams 55

Part Two: A Psychodynamic Perspective on Individuals and Groups 77

Chapter 4 Understanding Individuals in Groups 79

Chapter 5 The Secret Life of Groups 109

Chapter 6 Into the Cloud: The Phenomenon of the Group-as-a-Whole 133

Part Three: Creating Authentizotic Organizations 155

Chapter 7 Toward Systemic Change in Organizations 157

Chapter 8 Being an Effective Change Agent 179

Chapter 9 The Zen of Group Coaching 211

Chapter 10 A Holistic Design for Organizational Interventions 239

Conclusion 255

Appendix: Instruments 261

Index 279