Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster: An Observer's Guide
- 2h 52m
- Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
- 2017
A collection of short, bite-sized nuggets of insight into the psychological ups and downs of the leadership journey from one of the world’s top thinkers on leadership.
Leadership often means living on the edge, living a life less ordinary, leaving the straight and narrow to take a more exciting path. Like riding a roller coaster, there will be moments that take our breath away but it is in those moments that we feel truly alive. Although we may not know what is coming round the next bend or after the next rise, we have a great time on the ride.
Kets de Vries’s examination of the “inner theatre” pushes leaders and their coaches to become a personal and organizational detectives, to look beyond the obvious and discover the deeper meaning of their own and others’ actions. Doing so can prevent leaders becoming prisoners of their own past, failing to recognize the repetitive patterns in their behavior, making the same mistakes over and over again.
Leaders are more likely than followers to experience ups and downs, successes and failures, happy days and sad. The intensity of the experience depends on the “rider.” They can scream or enjoy the ride―or, indeed, do both. They can make the best out of the beginnings and endings, the good times and bad, or they can sink beneath them. In Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster Kets de Vries provides leaders and their coaches with the insights that can help them take some control of the ride.
About the Author
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is the Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change at INSEAD, the Founder of INSEAD’s Global Leadership Centre, and program director of INSEAD’s top management program, “The Challenge of Leadership: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence,” and Scientific Director of the Executive Master’s Program “Consulting and Coaching for Change”.
The Financial Times, Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, and The Economist have rated Manfred Kets de Vries among the world’s top 50 leading management thinkers.
As a global consultant in executive leadership development Kets de Vries’s clients have included ABN-AMRO, Aegon, Alcatel, Accenture, Bain Consulting, Bang & Olufsen, BP, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, GE Capital, Goldman Sachs, Heineken, KPMG, Lego, McKinsey, Novartis, Shell, and Unilever.
The Dutch government has made him an Officer in the Order of Oranje Nassau. He was the first fly fisherman in Outer Mongolia and is a member of New York’s Explorers Club.
In this Book
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Foreword
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I Hate My Boss—Toxic Relationships in the Workplace
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Riding for a Fall—Hubris—It's Really Real
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Why Them and Not Me? Dealing with the Problem of Envy
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Gimme, Gimme, Gimme—The Greed Syndrome
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Feeling Sorry for the Super-Rich? A Nasty Case of Affluenza
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It's Not My Fault—The Problem of Denialism
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It's Hard Being Normal—Mental Health Issues
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The M&A Crap Game—“Marrying” to Fight Boredom
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Team or Harem? The Me, Me, Me Leader
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OK, That's it—Retirement
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What, Already? Meeting the Grim Reaper
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You've Got to Laugh—Humor in the Workplace
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I Forgive You All—On Forgiveness
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Thank You Kindly—On Gratitude
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Every Seven Seconds—Sexuality in the Workplace
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Just Get on with it—Getting Things Done
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“Yo Suis ein European”—Identity Issues
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If You Can Make it There …Global Coaching
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Leader of the Pack—The Thrill-Seeker in the Workplace
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Shine, Shine, Shine—On Being a Star Performer
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Making the Best of it—On Happiness
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Black, White, and Gray—Coping with the Bivalent Leadership Style
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Fear of Failure or Fear of Success? Dealing with the Hannibals in the C-Suite
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Why Do We Do What We Do? Self-Knowledge
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Keeping it Real—The Need for Authenticity
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You Cannot Be Serious—On Gravitas
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Just Write it Down—Writing as Therapy
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Ecotherapy—On Getting Out and about
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Sweet FA—The Art of Doing Nothing
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Dream Journeys—The Royal Road to the Unconscious
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