Consulting Process as Drama

Erik de Haan is a Senior Consultant at Ashridge Consulting at Ashridge Management School. He was previously a consultant in the Netherlands and researcher at the University of Utrecht. He has written more than 150 articles and eleven books in different languages, among which are 'Fearless Consulting', ' Relational Coaching', 'Supervision in Action', and 'Pocketbook Team Coaching'. The Dutch edition of his book 'Learning with Colleagues' has been a bestseller in the Netherlands and he has also written a book on the importance of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' for managers.

'I have never read such an elegantly literate exposition of the nuances of the consulting process. Dr. De Haan presents a robust model of the issues and choices that arise for the consultant, and brilliantly interweaves well-chosen passages from King Lear to exemplify the model. Not only is this a book to delight the philosophically inclined among us, but it also beautifully illustrates De Haan's down-to-earth approach to consulting. After forth years of consulting practice, I found insights into consultant-client relationships that had previously escaped me. De Haan's approach is highly practical; if we were to follow more closely, we and our clients would both profit thereby.'- Roger Harrison, Organisation Development Consultant and Writer, from the Foreword

• Prologue -- Introduction -- Exposition -- Development -- Crisis and peripeteia -- Denouement -- Catastrophe and exodus -- Conclusion -- Epilogue