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{{Infobox person
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| birth_place = [[The Netherlands]]
| death_date =
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| residence = [[Paris]], France
| nationality = {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch
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| education = [[University of Amsterdam]]<br>[[Harvard Business School]]
| alma_mater =
| employer = [[INSEAD]]
| occupation = [[Professor]]
| home_town = [[Paris]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.kdvi.com/}}
| footnotes = ''[[Order of Orange-Nassau|Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau]]'' (Netherlands)
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'''Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries''' is a Dutch management scholar and psychoanalyst, Professor of [[leadership development]] and [[organizational change]] at [[INSEAD]], and consultant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manfred Kets de Vries|url=https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research/faculty/manfred-f-r-kets-de-vries/|publisher=INSEAD|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> His work focuses on leadership and the dynamics of individual and organizational change.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coutu|first=Diane|title=Putting Leaders on the Couch|url=https://hbr.org/2004/01/putting-leaders-on-the-couch|publisher=Harvard Business Review|accessdate=23 September 2013}}</ref> Specifically, Kets de Vries explores the interface between management theory, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, executive coaching and evolutionary psychology.
In 2013, Kets de Vries gave a TED Talk on the subject of leadership dysfunction.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Hero to Zero: Why leaders turn bad|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VEypCeMCIE|publisher=TED Talks|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref>
The [[American Psychological Association]] awarded him the Harry and Miriam Levinson Award in 2001 for his contributions to the field of consultation and in 2009, Kets de Vries was rated amongst the Top 50 Thinkers in Management.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Thinkers50 Ranking 2009|url=http://www.thinkers50.com/t50-ranking/2009-2/|publisher=Thinkers 50|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Kets de Vries received a master's degree in Economics in 1966) from the [[University of Amsterdam]]; an International Teachers Program certificate in 1967, his [[M.B.A.]] in 1968, and his [[Doctor of Business Administration|D.B.A.]] in 1970 from [[Harvard Business School]]. He also received training from the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, where he has been a member since 1982. Kets de Vries has held professorships at [[McGill University]], the ''[[HEC Montréal|École des Hautes Études Commerciales]]'', Montreal, and [[Harvard Business School]], and has lectured at management institutions around the world. He is a founding member of the [[International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations]], of which he became, in 2009, a Lifetime Distinguished Member,<ref>{{cite web|title=ISPSO Distinguished Member|url=https://www.ispso.org/the-field:distinguished|publisher=ISPSO|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association and a corresponding member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society.
Kets de Vries has won numerous awards for his work in the leadership field. In 2005, he was the first non-American to receive the International Leadership Award for "his contributions to the classroom and the board room".<ref>{{cite web|title=Distinguished Leadership Award|url=http://www.ila-net.org/Awards/DLA/index.htm|publisher=ILA|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> In 2008, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award (the Leadership Legacy Project) of the International Leadership Association, being viewed as one of the world’s six founding professionals in the development of leadership as a field and discipline.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement Award|url=http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipLegacy/Manfred_Kets_de_Vries.html|publisher=ILA|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> In 2010 the Dutch Psychoanalytic Institute in the Netherlands presented him with the Freud Memorial Award, in acknowledgement of his work on the interface between psychoanalysis and organizations. In October 2011, Kets de Vries was awarded the ''Doctor Honoris Causa'' title from IEDC Bled School of Management for his "outstanding contribution to creation and integration of knowledge and leadership development for a better world".<ref>{{cite web|title=IEDC Honorary Professorship and Doctor Honoris Causa Recipients|url=http://www.iedc.si/about-iedc/general-information|publisher=IEDC|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> In October 2012, Kets de Vries received an Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) at IBS-Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mysticism of Leadership: Creating Authentic Organizations|url=https://ibda.ranepa.ru/about/master-klassy/news1928.html|publisher=RANEPA|accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref> In 2016, Kets de Vries was the first beneficiary of the INSEAD Dominique Héau Award for “Inspiring Educational Excellence.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faculty.insead.edu/in-memoriam-dominique-heau/honouring|title=Dominique Heau Award|publisher=INSEAD}}</ref> In 2016, he was awarded the German Life Achievement Award der Weiterbildungsbranche, a prize offered by the German further education sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.managerseminare.de/managerSeminare_TV/Manfred-Kets-de-Vries-mit-Life-Achievement-Award-ausgezeichnet,244569|title=Life Achievement Award Preisträger |publisher=}}</ref>
== Work ==
=== Initiatives ===
Kets de Vries is the founder of INSEAD's Global Leadership Centre, program director of INSEAD's top [[management]] seminar, "The Challenge of Leadership: Creating Reflective Leaders" and the scientific director of the "Consulting and Coaching for Change; Executive Master's Program". He is also the founder of the Kets de Vries Institute, a consulting firm.
He is a distinguished visiting professor at [[ESMT European School of Management and Technology]] in Berlin.<ref>[http://www.esmt.org/manfred-f-r-kets-de-vries Kets de Vries (ESMT)]</ref>
==Selected Works==
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| last2 = Miller | first2=D.
| year = 1984
| title = The Neurotic Organization: Diagnosing and Changing Counterproductive Styles of Management
| publisher = Jossey-Bass
| ISBN = 0-87589-606-5
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=B8G3AAAAIAAJ
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2006
| title = The Leadership Mystique: a user's manual for the human enterprise
| publisher = FT Press
| ISBN = 0-273-65620-1
| url = https://books.google.fr/books/about/The_Leadership_Mystique.html?id=U1Ya7__jI4AC&redir_esc=y
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2006
| title = The Leader on the Couch: A Clinical Approach to Changing People and Organizations
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
| ISBN = 9985-9757-4-X
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aaOVGQAACAAJ
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| last2 = Carlock | first2=Randel S.
| last3 = Florent-Treacy | first3=Elizabeth
| year = 2007
| title = Family Business on the Couch: A Psychological Perspective
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 324
| ISBN = 978-0-470-51671-3
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470516712.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2009
| title = Sex, Money, Happiness and Death: The Quest for Authenticity
| publisher = Palgrave
| pages = 264
| ISBN = 0-230-57792-X
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fPTVOwAACAAJ
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2009
| title = Reflections on Character and Leadership
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 366
| ISBN = 978-0-470-74242-6
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470742429.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2009
| title = Reflections on Leadership and Career Development
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 264
| ISBN = 978-0-470-74246-4
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470742461.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2011
| title = Reflections on Groups and Organisations
| publisher = Jossey-Bass
| pages = 360
| ISBN = 978-0-470-74247-1
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047074247X.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2011
| title = The Hedgehog Effect: The Secrets of Building High Performance Teams
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 316
| ISBN = 978-1-119-97336-2
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119973368.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2014
| title = Mindful Leadership Coaching: Journeys into the Interior
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-38232-0
| url = http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/mindful-leadership-coaching-manfred-fr-kets-de-vries/?K=9781137382320
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2016
| title = Coach and Couch (2nd Edition)
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-56159-6
| url = http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137561596
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=|first2=Konstantin|last2=Korotov|first3=Elizabeth|last3=Florent-Treacy|first4=Caroline|last4=Rook}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2016
| title = Telling Fairy Tales in the Boardroom
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-56272-2
| url = http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137562722
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2017
| title = Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-38232-0
| url = https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783319451619
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}
*{{cite book
| last = Florent-Treacy | first=Elizabeth
| year = 2017
| title = Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries: Playing the Morosophe in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-3-319-52877-9
| url = https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319528779
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=|first2=Konstantin|last2=Korotov|first3=Caroline|last3=Rook}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2018
| title = Down the Rabbit Hole of Leadership: Leadership Pathology of Everyday Life
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-3-319-92462-5
| url = https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319924618
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{wikiquote}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kets De Vries, Manfred F.R.}}
[[Category:Life coaches]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:INSEAD faculty]]
[[Category:People from Fontainebleau]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriates in France]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Orange-Nassau]]
[[Category:Leadership scholars]]
[[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]]
[[Category:University of Amsterdam alumni]]
[[Category:European School of Management and Technology faculty]]
{{more citations needed|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[The Netherlands]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| residence = [[Paris]], France
| nationality = {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch
| ethnicity =
| citizenship =
| other_names =
| known_for =
| education = [[University of Amsterdam]]<br>[[Harvard Business School]]
| alma_mater =
| employer = [[INSEAD]]
| occupation = [[Professor]]
| home_town = [[Paris]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.kdvi.com/}}
| footnotes = ''[[Order of Orange-Nassau|Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau]]'' (Netherlands)
}}
'''Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries''' is a Dutch management scholar and psychoanalyst, Professor of [[leadership development]] and [[organizational change]] at [[INSEAD]], and consultant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manfred Kets de Vries|url=https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research/faculty/manfred-f-r-kets-de-vries/|publisher=INSEAD|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> His work focuses on leadership and the dynamics of individual and organizational change.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coutu|first=Diane|title=Putting Leaders on the Couch|url=https://hbr.org/2004/01/putting-leaders-on-the-couch|publisher=Harvard Business Review|accessdate=23 September 2013}}</ref> Specifically, Kets de Vries explores the interface between management theory, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, executive coaching and evolutionary psychology.
In 2013, Kets de Vries gave a TED Talk on the subject of leadership dysfunction.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Hero to Zero: Why leaders turn bad|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VEypCeMCIE|publisher=TED Talks|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref>
The [[American Psychological Association]] awarded him the Harry and Miriam Levinson Award in 2001 for his contributions to the field of consultation and in 2009, Kets de Vries was rated amongst the Top 50 Thinkers in Management.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Thinkers50 Ranking 2009|url=http://www.thinkers50.com/t50-ranking/2009-2/|publisher=Thinkers 50|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Kets de Vries received a master's degree in Economics in 1966) from the [[University of Amsterdam]]; an International Teachers Program certificate in 1967, his [[M.B.A.]] in 1968, and his [[Doctor of Business Administration|D.B.A.]] in 1970 from [[Harvard Business School]]. He also received training from the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, where he has been a member since 1982. Kets de Vries has held professorships at [[McGill University]], the ''[[HEC Montréal|École des Hautes Études Commerciales]]'', Montreal, and [[Harvard Business School]], and has lectured at management institutions around the world. He is a founding member of the [[International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations]], of which he became, in 2009, a Lifetime Distinguished Member,<ref>{{cite web|title=ISPSO Distinguished Member|url=https://www.ispso.org/the-field:distinguished|publisher=ISPSO|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association and a corresponding member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society.
Kets de Vries has won numerous awards for his work in the leadership field. In 2005, he was the first non-American to receive the International Leadership Award for "his contributions to the classroom and the board room".<ref>{{cite web|title=Distinguished Leadership Award|url=http://www.ila-net.org/Awards/DLA/index.htm|publisher=ILA|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> In 2008, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award (the Leadership Legacy Project) of the International Leadership Association, being viewed as one of the world’s six founding professionals in the development of leadership as a field and discipline.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement Award|url=http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipLegacy/Manfred_Kets_de_Vries.html|publisher=ILA|accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref> In 2010 the Dutch Psychoanalytic Institute in the Netherlands presented him with the Freud Memorial Award, in acknowledgement of his work on the interface between psychoanalysis and organizations. In October 2011, Kets de Vries was awarded the ''Doctor Honoris Causa'' title from IEDC Bled School of Management for his "outstanding contribution to creation and integration of knowledge and leadership development for a better world".<ref>{{cite web|title=IEDC Honorary Professorship and Doctor Honoris Causa Recipients|url=http://www.iedc.si/about-iedc/general-information|publisher=IEDC|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> In October 2012, Kets de Vries received an Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) at IBS-Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mysticism of Leadership: Creating Authentic Organizations|url=https://ibda.ranepa.ru/about/master-klassy/news1928.html|publisher=RANEPA|accessdate=7 June 2018}}</ref> In 2016, Kets de Vries was the first beneficiary of the INSEAD Dominique Héau Award for “Inspiring Educational Excellence.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faculty.insead.edu/in-memoriam-dominique-heau/honouring|title=Dominique Heau Award|publisher=INSEAD}}</ref> In 2016, he was awarded the German Life Achievement Award der Weiterbildungsbranche, a prize offered by the German further education sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.managerseminare.de/managerSeminare_TV/Manfred-Kets-de-Vries-mit-Life-Achievement-Award-ausgezeichnet,244569|title=Life Achievement Award Preisträger |publisher=}}</ref>
== Work ==
=== Initiatives ===
Kets de Vries is the founder of INSEAD's Global Leadership Centre, program director of INSEAD's top [[management]] seminar, "The Challenge of Leadership: Creating Reflective Leaders" and the scientific director of the "Consulting and Coaching for Change; Executive Master's Program". He is also the founder of the Kets de Vries Institute, a consulting firm.
He is a distinguished visiting professor at [[ESMT European School of Management and Technology]] in Berlin.<ref>[http://www.esmt.org/manfred-f-r-kets-de-vries Kets de Vries (ESMT)]</ref>
==Selected Works==
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| last2 = Miller | first2=D.
| year = 1984
| title = The Neurotic Organization: Diagnosing and Changing Counterproductive Styles of Management
| publisher = Jossey-Bass
| ISBN = 0-87589-606-5
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=B8G3AAAAIAAJ
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2006
| title = The Leadership Mystique: a user's manual for the human enterprise
| publisher = FT Press
| ISBN = 0-273-65620-1
| url = https://books.google.fr/books/about/The_Leadership_Mystique.html?id=U1Ya7__jI4AC&redir_esc=y
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2006
| title = The Leader on the Couch: A Clinical Approach to Changing People and Organizations
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
| ISBN = 9985-9757-4-X
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aaOVGQAACAAJ
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| last2 = Carlock | first2=Randel S.
| last3 = Florent-Treacy | first3=Elizabeth
| year = 2007
| title = Family Business on the Couch: A Psychological Perspective
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 324
| ISBN = 978-0-470-51671-3
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470516712.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2009
| title = Sex, Money, Happiness and Death: The Quest for Authenticity
| publisher = Palgrave
| pages = 264
| ISBN = 0-230-57792-X
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fPTVOwAACAAJ
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2009
| title = Reflections on Character and Leadership
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 366
| ISBN = 978-0-470-74242-6
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470742429.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2009
| title = Reflections on Leadership and Career Development
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 264
| ISBN = 978-0-470-74246-4
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470742461.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2011
| title = Reflections on Groups and Organisations
| publisher = Jossey-Bass
| pages = 360
| ISBN = 978-0-470-74247-1
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047074247X.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2011
| title = The Hedgehog Effect: The Secrets of Building High Performance Teams
| publisher = John Wiley & Sons Ltd
| pages = 316
| ISBN = 978-1-119-97336-2
| url = http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119973368.html
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2014
| title = Mindful Leadership Coaching: Journeys into the Interior
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-38232-0
| url = http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/mindful-leadership-coaching-manfred-fr-kets-de-vries/?K=9781137382320
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2016
| title = Coach and Couch (2nd Edition)
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-56159-6
| url = http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137561596
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=|first2=Konstantin|last2=Korotov|first3=Elizabeth|last3=Florent-Treacy|first4=Caroline|last4=Rook}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2016
| title = Telling Fairy Tales in the Boardroom
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-56272-2
| url = http://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137562722
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2017
| title = Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-1-137-38232-0
| url = https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783319451619
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}
*{{cite book
| last = Florent-Treacy | first=Elizabeth
| year = 2017
| title = Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries: Playing the Morosophe in The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-3-319-52877-9
| url = https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319528779
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=|first2=Konstantin|last2=Korotov|first3=Caroline|last3=Rook}}
*{{cite book
| last = Kets de Vries | first=Manfred F. R.
| year = 2018
| title = Down the Rabbit Hole of Leadership: Leadership Pathology of Everyday Life
| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan
| ISBN = 978-3-319-92462-5
| url = https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319924618
|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{wikiquote}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kets De Vries, Manfred F.R.}}
[[Category:Life coaches]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:INSEAD faculty]]
[[Category:People from Fontainebleau]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriates in France]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Orange-Nassau]]
[[Category:Leadership scholars]]
[[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]]
[[Category:University of Amsterdam alumni]]
[[Category:European School of Management and Technology faculty]]
