Hidden Challenges: Human Dynamics in Organizational Change and Recovery

Going far beyond a purely rational-structural way of looking at change in organizations, this book contributes well researched insights into often-overlooked organizational blind spots.

The authors share their own experiences in clear and accessible language, exploring recovery from cumulative crises; nostalgia and postalgia; victimization of leaders; dealing with narcissistic leaders; and a writing process for reducing anxiety through self-reflection.

Anyone who works in an organization—large or small—will gain new perspectives on the most difficult challenge of all: understanding human behavior in times of change.

Elizabeth Florent Treacy explores the fallow fields that lie between traditional business school theories and the system-psychodynamic approach to understanding life in organizations.

Theo van Iperen is the Managing Partner with Giotto Management Consultants and a PhD candidate.

James Hennessy is a Senior Vice President in the Supervision Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Since 2014, he has led the New York Fed’s Governance and Culture Reform Initiative.

Fernanda Pomin is the owner of Verità Desenvolvimento Organizacional, which is a company focused on Leadership & Talent Development and Culture Transformation.

Ross Emerson is a consultant and executive coach with over 30-years of business experience drawing from international roles.

Ricardo Senerman is the founder of DEEP Consulting, a company devoted to putting people and organizations in a track of accelerated growth by applying a mix of psychodynamic tools and interactions to discover what is unique and authentic in them.