Reflections on Leadership and Career Development: On the Couch with Manfred Kets de Vries

Manfred Kets de Vries brings a much-needed fresh perspective to the subjects of leadership and change, drawing on his knowledge of economics, management psychology, and psychoanalysis.

He is Clinical Professor of Leadership at INSEAD, where he holds the Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Chair of Leadership Development. He is the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership Development Research at the European School of Management Technology (ESMT), Berlin. He has also held professorships at McGill University, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Montreal, and Harvard Business School, and has lectured at management institutions all over the world. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 30 books including The Leader on the Couch and Family Business on the Couch, and over 300 articles and papers.

In November 2008, Manfred Kets de Vries was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Leadership Association in Los Angeles. He and six others were inducted into the Leadership Legacy Project as "founding professionals of the development of leadership as a field and as a discipline." Previously, in 2005, he was the first non-American recipient of the ILA Leadership Award for his "contributions to the classroom and the boardroom." He is listed as one of the Top 50 Management Thinkers of the world for 2009. The Financial Times, Le Capital, Wirtschaftwoche and The Economist have also judged him one of the world's leading thinkers on leadership.