Kets de Vries Institute

A company can have all the advantages in the world...

...strong financial resources, enviable market position, state-of-the-art technology...

...but if its leadership fails, all these advantages melt away.

Anyone wanting to create or lead an effective organization needs to understand...

...the dynamics of leadership, teams, and organizational culture.

Our mission is to create results-driven, sustainable organizations by putting people first—to create best places to work.

 
 
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    Inauguration of Instituto Humani

    Manfred Kets de Vries was present at the inauguration of the Instituto Humani in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The Institute’s ambition is to transmit and develop the Clinical Paradigm in South America, through practice and research.

    Instituto Humani

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    "Strategy and Business"

    An interview with Manfred Kets de Vries, on the impact of the chief executive's personality on the performance of a company and a clarification on how self-awareness can break the destructive pattern of corporate narcissism, published in US Journal "Strategy and Business" Issue 59, Summer 2010, pages 91-99.

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    ESMT Annual Forum: People, Planet, Profit: Creating a Sustainable Future

    ESMT Annual Forum

    Manfred Kets de Vries was a panelist at the third annual ESMT forum in Berlin on June 16th & 17th 2010, speaking on the subject of People: Leading for Sustainability.

    ESMT Annual Forum

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    The Family Business: A Psychodynamic-Systemic Point of View

    The Family Business: A Psychodynamic-Systemic Point of View

    Manfred spoke to an audience of one thousand participants at the World Family Business Forum in São Paulo on May 19, 2010. This was the second annual conference of its kind, totally devoted to family business topics. The conference was led by John Davis and organized by HSM, a global conference company. His presentation was on The Family Business: A Psychodynamic-Systemic Point of View

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    International Leadership Association honors Kets de Vries

    International Leadership Association

    International Leadership Association honors Manfred Kets de Vries with the International Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award in Los Angeles, during the ILA annual conference.

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    ISPSO votes for new Distinguished Member

    ISPSO votes for new Distinguished Member

    The International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO) unanimously voted Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries to become a Distinguished Member.

    This is a rare honour, so far only conferred to three other members: Harry Levinson, Harold Bridger and Gordon Lawrence.

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    50 most influential business thinkers of 2009

    50 most influential business thinkers of 2009

    The Thinkers 50 rated Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries as one of the 50 most influential business thinkers of 2009. The Thinkers is a bi-annual ranking of the world's foremost business thinkers.

The Kets de Vries Institute (KDVI) counsels individual CEOs and top executive teams, using a psychodynamic approach to leadership coaching.

Founded by Manfred Kets de Vries, one of the world’s foremost thinkers on leadership, KDVI shares his expertise through a range of tailor-made leadership coaching, consulting, and organizational change services delivered by a global network of leadership coaches and consultants. We work with national, international, and global organizations all over the world. Our clients include leaders in banking, telecommunications, healthcare, media, transportation, manufacturing, and strategic consulting.

Our mission is to help create results driven, sustainable organizations by putting people first—to create best places to work.