1 Platonos & 18 Sotiros Dios,
Piraeus, Attiki, 185 35, Greece

Leadership Dynamics: The Psychology Behind Leadership

Effective leadership is shaped not only by strategy and skills, but also by unconscious psychological dynamics that influence behaviour, perception, and relationships. This training explores the hidden forces driving leadership behaviour, follower reactions, and the emotional undercurrents that shape team performance, enabling participants to recognize and manage unconscious patterns with greater awareness. By developing deep psychological insight and emotional maturity, leaders respond with clarity and confidence, strengthen authority, and guide teams more effectively through complexity and change.

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN TO

Understand how unconscious dynamics influence leadership behaviour and decision-making
Recognize follower reactions, projections, and emotional undercurrents in teams
Identify recurring patterns that impact authority, trust, and performance
Manage emotional and psychological dynamics with greater awareness and confidence
Lead with grounded presence in complex, ambiguous, and high-pressure environments

IDEAL FOR

Senior leaders, executives, and managers who want to deepen self-awareness, strengthen leadership presence, and navigate complex team dynamics with confidence and clarity.

TRAINER

Georgina Spentzou

Georgina is an experienced corporate and executive trainer and coach, a psychologist, and a psychotherapist with twenty-five years of experience in Greek and multinational companies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Management and Systems from City University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Counselling, and Psychotherapy from Bolton University in the United Kingdom. She holds a Master of Science in Marketing Management from Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, an Executive Master in Consulting and Coaching for Change from INSEAD in France and a Master of Science in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy from the American College of Greece.

She trains and consults executives on personal, interpersonal, and leadership skills, as well as institutional, leadership and group dynamics in Europe and Middle East. She also advises executives on cultural change following company acquisitions or mergers. She has trained executives at many companies, including Pfizer, Novartis, GSK, Lundbeck, Amomed, Howden Broking Group, Viohalco, KPI Ocean Connect, American College of Greece and many others.

Georgina has conducted research in the origins of grandiose narcissism of Chief Executive Officers and the relationship between imposter phenomenon, perfectionism, and self-compassion in female executives. She has presented in conferences of the International Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and the International Association of Group Psychotherapy.