A highly effective team delivers more than the result of its parts. In our research we explore the psychosocial dynamics that underlie high-performing teams and organisations.
"M&As: The untold story"
This blog looks at the very human factors are at play in mergers and acquisitions. Paying attention to them can increase ones chance of success.
INSEAD Knowledge, Feb 2016
Blogs
"The importance of top team alignment"
This blog entry addresses the importance of top team alignment programmes.
Simon Sijbrands, Mar 2014
Blogs
"Eight roles for leadership effectiveness"
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review addresses a number of recurring patterns of behavior or "archetypes" that influence an individual’s effectiveness within an organisation.
Harvard Business Review, Dec 2013
Blogs
In this book, Manfred Kets de Vries presents the case for leadership group coaching as an experiential training ground for learning to function as a high performance team.
Jossey-Bass, Nov 2011
Books
Reflections on Groups and Organisations is the third and final book in the On the Couch with Manfred Kets de Vries series. This book examines concepts of organisational health, performance, and change.
Jossey-Bass, Jan 2011
Books
"The eight archetypes of effective leadership"
In this working paper, it is argued that successful organisations are characterised by a distributive, collective, complementary form of leadership.
INSEAD Working Paper, Jul 2005
Working Papers
"Effectiveness of group leadership coaching"
This article advocates the effectiveness of group leadership coaching. A change methodology centered on group coaching for high-performance teams is proposed.
Academy of Management, Feb 2005
Articles
"Effective vs ineffective global leaders"
This article explores what leaders have to do to be effective. What roles do they have to play? What distinguishes an effective leader from an ineffective global leader?
Organizational Dynamics, Jun 2002
Articles
"The character of high performing organisations"
Manfred Kets de Vries analyses the characteristics common to the most highly performing organisations.
Les Echos, Mar 2001
Articles
"Effective group work by the pygmies"
This article describe the best practices for effective work teams, using the pygmies of the African rain forest as a metaphor for effective group work.
Organizational Dynamics, Dec 1999
Articles
