Daily Perils of Executive Life

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is the Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change at INSEAD, the Founder of INSEAD’s Global Leadership Centre, Program Director of INSEAD’s top management program, “The Challenge of Leadership: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence” and the Founder of INSEAD Executive Master’s program in Change Management. He is also the Founder-Chairman of the Kets de Vries Institute (KDVI), a boutique leadership development consulting firm.The Financial Times, Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, Harvard Business Review, El Pais and the Economist have rated him among the world’s leading management thinkers. As a global consultant in executive leadership development, his clients have included many of the most important global organizations. He is the author of more than fifty books and hundreds of articles, the recipient of numerous awards, including two honorary doctorates.He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management.

• Part 1: Managing Self.- Chapter 1: What do the five pillars of meaning mean to you?.- Chapter 2: How do you rate on your “energy barometer”?.- Chapter 3: Are you creating “eureka moments”?.-Chapter 4: Is revenge a dish best not served at all?.- Chapter 5: How to cultivate patience in an impatient world.- Chapter 6: Groundhog Day: a learning experience.- Chapter 7: The labyrinth of forgetfulness.- Chapter 8: The triumph of hope over experience.- Part 2: Leadership.- Chapter 9: How is your shadow side treating you?.- Chapter 10: Everything is bad: Complaining as a way of life.- Chapter 11: The belligerent (“B”) personality.- Chapter 12: Managing “on the borderline”.- Chapter 13: How to support people struggling with poor mental health?.- Chapter 14: What is the person really telling me?.- Chapter 15: Are you working in a trust-based organization?.- Chapter 16: Co-leadership: A curse or a blessing?.- Chapter 17: Onboarding or unboarding?.- Part 3: Society.- Chapter 18: Is democracy in the workplace a mirage?.- Chapter 19: The societal costs of loneliness.- Chapter 20: Bluebeard revisited.- Chapter 21: Do we get the leaders we deserve?.- Chapter 22: Why do societies regress?.- Chapter 23: Drinking the Kool-Aid.