Episode: Neurotic Organizations and Leadership
Interview with Manfred Kets de Vries
By Aaron Nurick
Recorded 28 September 2023

Episode description

Manfred Kets de Vries has had a diverse and influential career, spanning the fields of leadership development, organisational change, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry. His experiences and studies have shaped his understanding of leadership, organisational dynamics, and the interface between management and psychology.He has made significant contributions through his writings, teachings, and involvement in organisations like ISPSO.

He joins Aaron to discuss a journey which highlights the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives and the impact of personal experiences on professional development. Together they explore enduring themes in leadership, career dynamics, executive stress, entrepreneurship, family business, succession planning, cross-cultural management, and team coaching.

Links

• Do Dictatorships Deserve Such a Bad Rap? – Manfred’s 2023 paper
• The CEO Whisperer: Meditations on Leadership, Life, and Change – Manfred’s 2020 book
• Quo Vadis?: The Existential Challenges of Leaders – Manfred’s 2020 2022 book
• What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness – Robert Waldinger TED talk

• The Neurotic Organization: Diagnosing and Changing Counterproductive Styles of Management – Manfred’s 1984 book