General introduction
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Despite the proven benefits of emotional intelligence, organizational life has typically been hostile to the inner world of feeling. Rationality is deemed superior to feeling, which can contaminate judgment. But without feeling there is no passion, and no action.
— Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
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Source: Wikiquote: "Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries" (Quotes, The Leader on the Couch, 2011: Manfred Kets de Vries (2011). The Leader on the Couch: A Clinical Approach to Changing People and Organizations.)
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About Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries is a Dutch psychologist, Professor of leadership development and organizational change at INSEAD, and consultant. He is best known for bringing a different view to the much-studied subjects of leadership and the dynamics of individual and organizational change.1 In 2009, he was rated amongst the Top 50 Thinkers in Management.
About Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries
Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries is a Dutch psychologist, Professor of leadership development and organizational change at INSEAD, and consultant. He is best known for bringing a different view to the much-studied subjects of leadership and the dynamics of individual and organizational change.1 In 2009, he was rated amongst the Top 50 Thinkers in Management.
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