The Leadership Mystique, 9781405840194
Paperback
Intended for senior executives, this book reveals how our hidden personalities, largely hard-wired since early childhood, affect the way we lead and manage others.

The Leadership Mystique

leading behavior in the human enterprise

$78.04

  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    6 July 2006

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Summary

“This is a book that any senior executive will find enlightening, as it peels back the layers of self-deception to reveal how our hidden personalities, largely hard-wired since early childhood, affect the way we lead and manage others.“ Carol Kennedy, Director magazine 

“This book is a real gem.  The author writes with flair and precision. … I recommend this book very highly.  It is clear, timely and accessible.  De Vries is a master of the elusive topi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781405840194
ISBN-10:1405840196
Series:Financial Times Series
Author:Manfred Kets De Vries
Publisher:Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:Financial Times Prentice Hall
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Edition:2nd
Release Date:6 July 2006
Weight:440g
Dimensions:230mm x 157mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

“This is an intriguing and stimulating book, full of quizzes and self-assessments, all of which can uncover what you really feel about management and how you do it.”

Sidney Callis, Business Executive

About The Author

Manfred Kets De Vries

Manfred Kets De Vries holds the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chair of Human Resource Management at INSEAD, is program director of INSEAD’s top management program, “The Challenge of Leadership: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence”, and is also co-program director of INSEAD/HEC joint program “Coaching and Consulting for Change.” “The Financial Times, Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche”, and “The Economist” have called Manfred Kets de Vries one of Europe’s leading management thinkers. Kets de Vries is the author, co-author, or editor of 17 books, including “Power and the Corporate Mind, Organizations on the Couch , Leaders, Fools and Impostors” , the prize-winning “Life and Death in the Executive Fast Lane” (1995) (the Critics’ Choice Award 1995-96), and “The New Global Leaders: Percy Barnevik, Richard Branson, and David Simon “(1999, with Elizabeth Florent).

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