… Leslie Pratch received her PhD in clinical psychology from the Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University. She consults to businesses on the …

A structural psychological approach to understanding effective executive leadership is
presented. It is argued that effective leadership requires the capacity to respond in an adaptive …

Besides supplying capital and taking board seats, what do venture capitalists do to add
value to their portfolio companies? This article presents a framework that describes how one …

The relationship between integrative capacity and evaluations of leadership effectiveness
was examined in a 9-month program for developing business leaders. Integrative capacity …

… Leslie Pratch and Jordan Jacobowitz Leslie Pratch advises corporate directors, senior
executives, private equity investors, and venture capitalists whether the individuals being consid…

—Lord Chesterfield he long-term success of a company depends on selecting the best
senior managers and developing their fullest potential. There is no shortage of computerized …

This article demonstrates the relationship between two dimensions of the active coping style—
psychological autonomy and instrumental coping—and leadership effectiveness. …

1 looks good on paper? operates on two levels. It speaks immediately to those who select
leaders and to their advisers. Although traditional selection criteria based on past performance …

… Leslie Pratch Leslie Pratch is an independent consultant. Trained in clinical psychology at
the Northwestern University Medical School, she also earned an MBA in strategy and finance …

This article fleshes out integrity as the fourth dimension of the active coping style examined
as one (but not the only) predictor of success as an executive. To manifest integrity in …