TY - JOUR AB - Psychoanalysis has nothing to say about firms or management as such; inversely, psychoanalytic coaching can aid managers to develop a better understanding of the role they exercise within the firm and to better position themselves in decision making and communication with other people. While it is a practice that takes place outside the classical psychoanalytic framework, psychoanalytic coaching must meet certain criteria in order to justify a psychoanalytic filiation: amongst others, the recognition of the unconscious and of the mechanisms of transference and counter‐transference. Crucially, the analyst is at the service of the subject (the manager) ‐ even if it is the firm that pays for the treatment. While there are risks involved for all parties concerned (the manager, the firm and the analyst), psychoanalytic coaching offers a way of rendering meaningful a management that encompasses the respect of oneself and of others. VL - 13 IS - 7 SN - 0268-3946 DO - 10.1108/02683949810239286 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02683949810239286 AU - Brunner Roland PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Psychoanalysis and coaching T2 - Journal of Managerial Psychology PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 515 EP - 517 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -