Working with the Elephant: Methods for Engaging with the Unsaid in Groups and Organizations - Paperback

by Lotte Svalgaard (Author)

We've all been there. We are in a working group or at a meeting, discussing a topic or a challenge, and all the while, as a separate track running underneath our conversation, there is a subtext that no one explicitly addresses.

Author Biography

Lotte Svalgaard holds a Phd and a MSc in Business Psychology. Her research investigates how individuals can be awake and aware, show up and engage with challenges outside of their comfort zone. Her writing has appeared in Management Learning, Action Learning - Research & Practice, Socioanalysis and SAGE Research Method Cases. Her passion, to contribute to create more passionate and mindful organizations, makes up the platform for her work, her research and her authorships.

She is a global leadership development professional with extensive experience within group dynamics, experiential leadership development, and organizational consultancy. Lotte is currently a senior leadership consultant and executive coach at INSEAD, consulting and coaching on senior executive leadership programs across multiple industries around the world.

Besides her work at INSEAD, she is a senior partner in Action Lab, where she designs and implements business driven action learning programs for global companies. Since 2001, she has been an associated professor, lecturer and supervisor at the 'Master of Psychology in Organisations' at Roskilde University, Denmark. She is the author of The Elephant in the Room: Engaging with the Unsaid in Groups and Organizations, Routledge, 2023.