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29.09.2009
Interviews with Leaders Participants at the Annual Meeting 2009 in Davos answer the question "What are the characteristics that future leaders need?"

Answers from Arthur Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Young Global Leader; J Frank Brown, Dean, INSEAD, France; H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Young Global Leader; Jim Quigley, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, USA; Kevin Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Heidrick & Struggles, USA; Manfred Kets de Vries, Professor of Leadership Development and Director, INSEAD Global Leadership Centre, INSEAD, France; Mario Monti, President, Bocconi University, Italy, Don Tapscott, Chairman, nGenera, Canada; Tom Robertson, Dean, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Victor Chu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong SAR.

29.09.2009
The Global Leadership Fellows Programme of the World Economic Forum is an intensive programme designed to develop and train future global leaders.

Each year, the World Economic Forum selects and hires around 30 talented individuals, to join a 3-year programme as a Global Leadership Fellow. During an academic week in Geneva and a leadership week at INSEAD, the Fellows learn to coach and are coached, learn about techniques that allow them to better understand self, using various tools, including several 360 degree feedbacks. Further covered topics include: Irrational behavior in organizations; the role of emotional intelligence in decision making; the clinical paradigm in organizational analysis; relationship between personality, leadership style and corporate culture; leadership in a global world: cross-cultural dimensions of leadership and others. Interviews with Lara Birkes, Community Manager, North America; Anil Gaba, Professor of Decision Sciences, Orpar Chaired Professor of Risk Management, Dean of Faculty, INSEAD, Singapore; Tiffany West, Associate Director, Programme Team; Subramanian Rangan, Professor of Strategy and Management, INSEAD, France; Herminia Ibarra, The Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Professor of Organizational Behaviour, INSEAD, France; Manfred Kets de Vries, Professor of Leadership Development and Director, INSEAD Global Leadership Centre, INSEAD, France.

11.09.2009
In this episode of ESMTcast, professor Kostantin Korotov and distinguished professor Manfred Kets de Vries break down the romantic view of leadership. They insist that great leadership requires possessing more than just experience in the workplace, but also that great leadership does not come from a lecture either. Together they explore the need for business schools to adjust teaching methods and concentrate on instilling the right values in upcoming leaders.

25.05.2009
Putting the leadership on the couch. Insead Knowledge article picked up by Emirates Business 24/7.

31.01.2009
Davos IdeasLab Systemic thinking and collaborative innovation are in short supply around the world. Join INSEAD & Manfred Kets de Vries in the IdeasLab for a holistic and creative look at global issues by exploring new leadership models. See article from Handelsblatt: "Was machen Business Schools in Davos?" (The role of business schools at the World Economic Forum in Davos – Professors Soumitra Dutta and Manfred Kets de Vries).

12.2008
The Leadership Circle Interview with Manfred Kets de vries for INSEAD Knowledge. Links to 2 video clips, one on which Manfred reflects on President Obama and the other in which Manfred talks about leadership and how leaders can get the best out of their followers and followers get their best out of leaders.

26.03.2008
Putting Leaders on the Couch When INSEAD Professor Manfred Kets de Vries coaches leadership teams, he effectively puts them on the couch - treating them not so much as rational actors but as emotional ones. INSEAD Knowledge Interview by Scott Hamman.

07.06.2007
Fastleader Leadership Conference European leading leadership expert Manfred Kets de Vries has a unique ability to combine management theories and clinical psychology. By doing that he is able to help leaders to solve their professional problems by first solving their personal issues.

01.11.2006
Podcast A Clinical Look at Leaders: Manfred Kets De Vries, Clinical Professor of Leadership Development, reflects on his experience counseling senior executives and his research on the "pathologies" of leadership. From the INSEAD Knowledgecasts series.