Executives in crisis : recognizing and managing the alcoholic, drug-addicted, or mentally ill executive /

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Main Author: Speller, Jeffrey Lynn, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 1989.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jossey-Bass management series
Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The author
  • Part One: The challenge of the impaired executive. 1. Why impaired executives often go undetected and untreated
  • 2. Costs and causes of executive alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental illness
  • Part Two: Detecting the impaired executive. 3. In the grip of the bottle: the story of an alcoholic executive
  • 4. Getting high: the story of an executive cocaine abuser
  • 5. Down and almost out: the story of a depressed executive
  • 6. Soaring: the story of a manic executive
  • 7. The enemies within: the story of a psychotic executive
  • Part Three: Managing the impaired executive. 8. Getting and keeping the impaired executive in treatment
  • 9. Managing the recovering executive's return to work
  • 10. Developing a corporate policy for dealing with impaired executives
  • 11. Selecting a mental health consultant and addressing other issues
  • 12. Responding to the challenge of the impaired executive: case studies
  • 13. Conclusion: Putting the impaired executive in perspective
  • Resource: A primer on psychotherapies and psychiatric medications for impaired executives
  • References
  • Index.