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Leadership Therapy: Inside the Mind of Microsoft
by Dr. Anna Rowley
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 256 pages.
First Edition, size 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
$27.95 - Hardcover (1-4039-8403-4)

Well-known for being an intense place to work, Microsoft employees face constant pressure to innovate and excel while remaining passionately devoted to their jobs. Leadership Therapy: Inside the Mind of Microsoft shares what Dr. Anna Rowley has learned working for over 14 years as a consulting psychologist for this dynamic company. Using her experiences at Microsoft, she reveals and resolves psychological issues commonly faced by many of us at work.

Leadership Therapy: Inside the Mind of Microsoft offers:

• A birds-eye view of Dr. Anna Rowley’s practice of Leadership Therapy
• An understanding of common problems experienced by people in the workplace
• A step-by-step strategy for applying Leadership Therapy techniques and becoming your own leadership therapist

Acute, frank, and engaging, Leadership Therapy combines the building blocks of Leadership Therapy with intriguing accounts of Dr. Anna Rowley’s clients. Part workbook, part narrative, it illustrates how Leadership Therapy has helped hundreds of men and women work through their problems, reinvigorate their careers, and change their attitudes toward work.

Topics include:

• Beliefs — The bedrock of your business
• Confidence — Why we need it, how we loose it, how to get it back
• Self Awareness and your Behavioral Signature
• Trust — The glue that holds us together
• Power — Do you want to be feared or loved?