Sex, Money, Happiness, and Death: The Quest for Authenticity

by M G K Jones

Overview

The four main tenets of life are explored in this unique new book that examines the issues that touch each executive, or for that matter, people in general. Based on his experiences as a psychoanalyst, professor and leadership coach, the author explores how 'Sex, Money, Happiness and Death' affect our work and our lives in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137559555
Publisher:	Palgrave MacMillan UK
Publication date:	11/03/2015
Series:	INSEAD Business Press
Edition description:	2009 ed.
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is the Distinguished Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change at INSEAD, the Founder of INSEAD's Global Leadership Centre, and program director of INSEAD's top management program, 'The Challenge of Leadership: Developing Your Emotional Intelligence,' and Scientific Director of the Executive Master's Program 'Consulting and Coaching for Change'. The Financial Times, Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, and The Economist have rated Manfred Kets de Vries among the world's top 50 leading management thinkers.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Meditations on Sexual Desire
2. Meditations on Money
3. Meditations on Happiness
4. Meditations on Death
Afterword: The Quest for Authenticity
About the Author
Selected Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"This book is the distillation of the life experiences of an internationally renowned guru of management and leadership studies. Combining insight with his signature wit, Kets de Vries cuts to the bone as he reflects on and gently guides executives, and others, through some of the core issues that bedevil our lives. A book that will linger in memory, creating ever-widening ripples, long after the ephemeral offerings of the usual management literature have disappeared."
-Dr. Sudhir Kakar, Psychoanalyst, Anthropologist, Novelist and one of the major thinkers of the world

"The art of understanding oneself is crucial to understanding others. Professor Manfred Kets de Vries' insight into our motivations and levels of emotional intelligence exposes the hidden fact that lies at the heart of business behaviour; namely that we are all human."
-The Viscount Rothermere, Chairman DMGT

"This book made me laugh, it made me feel uncomfortable sometimes, but I learned a lot. It makes the reader think about how much s/he can do - good and bad - to her/himself and to others in family, business and social life. With his free and easy style Kets de Vries lines up the latest findings of human science and gives examples of the highs and lows of real human life reminding us that we are in the driving seat. Seize the opportunity."
-Janos Csak, Economist, Sociologist, Chairman, Constellation Energy Institute

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