{"product_id":"life-and-death-in-the-executive-fast-lane-isbn-9780787901127","title":"Life and Death in the Executive Fast Lane","description":"World-renowned management guru and expert in corporate neurosis Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries puts organizations on the couch. By combining the dismal science of management and the impossible profession of psychoanalysis, Kets de Vries presents eclectic advice on how things really work in organizations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These brief and insightful essays not only decipher problems that are common in organizational life, but they also shed light on some of the underlying dimensions that often go unnoticed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kets de Vries covers everything from leadership and entrepreneurship to downsizing and managing acquisitions, using contemporary examples like Robert Maxwell, Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Robert Coles, and John Gardner.  Part One: Leaders and the Organization\u003cbr\u003e 1. If I'm the Leader, Will Anyone Follow? A Definition of Leadership\u003cbr\u003e 2. Welcome to the Snake Pit: The New CEO\u003cbr\u003e 3. Boiled Frogs and Dancing Elephants: Change and Downsizing\u003cbr\u003e 4. Merger Fever: Managing Acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 5. Do You Like Singing the Company Song? Corporate Culture\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Cultural Tower of Babel: Managing Across Borders\u003cbr\u003e 7. Are You Sure You Want to Work Abroad? International Assignments\u003cbr\u003e 8. Do You Have the Right Stuff? The Making of a Global Leader\u003cbr\u003e 9. When the Future Is Now: Leadership for the Next Millennium\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Leaders and Individuals\u003cbr\u003e 10. Is Anatomy Really Destiny? Women as Leaders\u003cbr\u003e 11. Joining the Family Burlesque: Family Firms\u003cbr\u003e 12. Reaping the Whirlwind: Creativity at Work\u003cbr\u003e 13. CEOs Also Have the Blues: Succession and Retirement\u003cbr\u003e 14. Do Workaholics Have More Fun? Balancing Work and Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dead Fish, Incorporated: Alexithymia in Organizations\u003cbr\u003e 16. Doing a Maxwell: The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship\u003cbr\u003e 17. Why Work for a Genghis Khan? Identifying with the Aggressor\u003cbr\u003e 18. Leaders Who Go Off the Deep End: Narcissism and Hubris\u003cbr\u003e 19. Conclusion: In Praise of a Little Madness MANFRED F. R. KETS DE VRIES holds the Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Chair of Human Resource Management at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) in Fountainebleau, France. He has previously held a professorship at Harvard Business School and is the author of several books including Leaders, Fools, and Imposters (Jossey-Bass, 1993). World-renowned management guru and expert in corporate neurosis Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries puts organizations on the couch. By combining the \"dismal science\" of management and the \"impossible profession\" of psychoanalysis, Kets de Vries presents eclectic advice on how things really work in organizations.These brief and insightful essays not only decipher problems that are common in organizational life, but they also shed light on some of the underlying dimensions that often go unnoticed.Kets de Vries covers everything from leadership and entrepreneurship to downsizing and managing acquisitions, using contemporary examples like Robert Maxwell, Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Robert Coles, and John Gardner.  World-renowned management guru and expert in corporate neurosis Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries puts organizations on the couch. By combining the \"dismal science\" of management and the \"impossible profession\" of psychoanalysis, Kets de Vries presents eclectic advice on how things really work in organizations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These brief and insightful essays not only decipher problems that are common in organizational life, but they also shed light on some of the underlying dimensions that often go unnoticed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kets de Vries covers everything from leadership and entrepreneurship to downsizing and managing acquisitions, using contemporary examples like Robert Maxwell, Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Robert Coles, and John Gardner.","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989527576805,"sku":"NP9780787901127","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787901127.jpg?v=1761784468","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/life-and-death-in-the-executive-fast-lane-isbn-9780787901127","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}