"The destabilizing effect of CEO retirement"
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review he discusses the darker side of retirement, in which leaders who undergo a destabilizing effect when they retire and what companies can do to facilitate the transition to retirement.
Harvard Business Review, 2014
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Published on 5 Sep, 2016
"What are the underlying dynamics of succession?"
The Dark Side of CEO Succession
This article explores the underlying dynamics of succession.
Published on 1 Jan, 1988
"The retirement syndrome & challenges of letting go"
The Retirement Syndrome: The Psychology of Letting Go
This article analyses a problem that can be described as the retirement syndrome. In exploring the difficulties many leaders face in letting go at the end of a full career, reviews a number of the barriers to exit and provides suggestions as to how individuals and organisations can develop more effective and humane disengagement strategies.
Published on 1 Dec, 2003
"Death anxiety and executive mortality"
Executives Must Face Their Own Mortality
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review explores the death anxiety and what happens when we repress our fear of death and refuse to confront it.
Published on 24 Mar, 2014
"Succession & when it's time to let go"
When it's Time for the CEO to Go
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review discusses the three phases of a CEO's lifespan and what happens when leaders outstay their time and performance starts to decline.
Published on 14 Mar, 2014
"For many executives walking away can be the hardest part of the job"
Prepare Your Exit From the Start
As a leader you need to focus on your successors early in the game. Doing so will not only underpin the long-term sustainability of your enterprise, it may give you a shot at immortality.
Published on 21 Sep, 2016
"Aging and quality of life"
Old Ages is No Place for Sissies
This working paper deals with a rather taboo subject: the consequences of prolonging life into extreme old age, now possible with advances in medical procedures.
Published on 25 Apr, 2015
"Psycho- dynamic factors & succession in Russia"
This article examines some general psychodynamic factors that influence the succession process in Russian businesses.
Published on 1 Jul, 2008
Sex, Money, Happiness and Death: The Quest for Authenticity
Manfred Kets de Vries takes readers out of their comfort zone in this book. It intends to focus executives on what really counts in their lives and to shake academics down from their ivory towers and make them more attuned to the real problems of real people, instead of trying to impress each other.
Published on 15 Apr, 2009
"The uses of humour in the workplace"
The Dark Side of a Funny Situation
This blog looks at the sources of humor and to distunguish between humour that is congenial and empathetic and humour that is dysfunctional and divisive.
Published on 2 Jun, 2015
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CK Lim
Sep 17, 5:22 AM
Profound insights