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The Group in the Individual

Lessons Learned From Working With and in Organizations and Groups

Pages 311-320
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The author describes his development as a consultant and trainer by sharing some instructive moments in his quest for a deeper understanding of group dynamics. This article chronicles a shift from relying on individual psychology to understand behavior in groups to an appreciation of systemic influences and unconscious dynamics within the group as a whole. The author concludes that there are multiple forces driving observable behavior in groups. He encourages readers to be alert to the group(s) in the individual. The moment the individual enters a group, the group enters that individual.

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Anne de Graaf

Author Biography
Drs. I. J. Anne de Graaf, Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (organizational), is one of the founders of the Dutch TA Academie (www.ta-academie.nl), which offers a variety of courses in transactional analysis. The TA Academie serves over 250 students annually. Anne is coauthor of the successful TA management book titled Einstein and the Art of Sailing and of the newly published Leerboek TA [Comprehensive Textbook of Transactional Analysis]. More about Anne can be found at http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/anne¬de-graaf/24/658/273. He can be reached at Nobel Hoeve 43, 3451 TA Vleuten, The Netherlands; email: .
 

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