Dialogue in Organizations: Developing Relational Leadership

In politics, business and wider society, 'better' leadership and dialogue are seen as antidotes to the paradoxical issues of the modern world. Dialogues in Organizations illustrates how the compulsion for 'busyness', the entrenched assumptions about who leaders are (and what they should do) and the adherence to implicitly-held cultural norms threaten the possibility of effective dialogue in our organizations.

The quality of the leader-follower encounter is examined using an action research approach. The stories and images drawn from this process reveal the challenges faced in enabling dialogue and developing 'relational leadership' in organizations. This book explores how relationships at work impact us as human beings and how this helps and hinders us in our ambition to be the people we want to be.


Author: M. Reitz
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 04/15/2015
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137489104

About the Author

Megan Reitz is Director at Ashridge Business School, UK, where she teaches, supervises, consults and conducts research on issues relating to leadership and organizational dialogue. In addition, she runs her own consulting practice internationally. Prior to joining Ashridge, Megan worked in global professional services and in the internet retail industry.