"Narcissistic leaders and organisational sustainability"
This article explores the narcissistic inclinations of leaders and how this could affect the soundness and sustainability of organisations.
InvestVine, 2013
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"Business schools and a holistic approach to education"
Finding balance in business education
To create responsible leaders of the future, business schools need to adopt a more holistic approach to education. To what degree are business educators helping to transform individuals and improve and influence business practice?
Published on 5 Jan, 2016
"Talented leadership in the European Union"
The Future of an Illusion: In search of the new European Business Leader
This article explores the complex network of relationships requires extremely talented leadership in the European Union.
Published on 1 Aug, 2005
"When mentoring becomes an unhealthy dependency"
Need for Reflection When a Helping Hand in the Workplace Goes Too Far
This article addresses how the desire to assist others can slide into a 'rescuer syndrome', in which the mentoring relationship becomes fraught with unhealthy dependency.
Published on 14 Nov, 2013
"Unhealthy dependencies prevent leaders from reaching their full potential"
Mentor or Martyr? Beware the Rescuer Trap
In this article for Human Capital Review, Kets de Vries explores the Rescuer Syndrome—where the need to help becomes a self-serving addiction and—which creates an unhealthy state of dependency and prevents leaders from reaching their full potential.
Published on 6 Jun, 2014
"Leadership in a digital age"
Evolving Leadership in the Digital Age
To become more effective and refective leaders, executives need to learn to improve their behavioural reactions to diffucult situations and develop greater emotional intelligence.
Published on 24 Jul, 2016
"Despotic regimes and dynamics of leadership by terror"
The Spirit of Despotism: Understanding the Tyrant Within
The objective of this article is to better understand the developmental history of despotic regimes and the existence of leadership by terror.
Published on 17 Nov, 2006
"Identifying and dealing with SOBs"
This working paper explores ways of identifying and dealing with SOBs—Seductive Operational Bully—from an organisational and individual perspective, and recommends a clinical orientation to organisational diagnosis and intervention.
Published on 1 Jul, 2012
"Leadership development as a transitional journey"
This paper describes transitional leadership development programs as the beginning of a journey, and propose that for this type of program, an integrated collaborative approach to evaluation is logical and appropriate.
Published on 8 Mar, 2008
Coaching narcissists to move beyond a world in black and white
Coaching the Narcissistic Executive
In this last blog in our KDVI Blog Series on Narcissism, we explore how organisations can manage the downsides of employing narcissistic executives. In particular, we turn our attention to coaching as a means for getting the best out of narcissistic executives.
Published on 6 Jun, 2018
"What are the challenges of European leaders?"
The Future of European Business Leadership
This article explores the challenges of European leaders.
Published on 17 Mar, 2006
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