Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries is Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change, at INSEAD, France, Singapore & Abu Dhabi and Founder of INSEAD's Global Leadership Center, one of the largest leadership development centers in the world. He is a world renowned psychologist, leadership and coaching expert and is chairman of the Kets de Vries Institute (KDVI), a boutique leadership development consulting firm. He is a consultant on organizational design/transformation and strategic human resource management to leading US, Canadian, European, African, and Asian companies and he has been rated among the world's top 50 leading management thinkers and most influential contributors to human resource management by the Financial Times, Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, and The Economist. Kets de Vries is also the first non-American recipient of the International Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to leadership research and development, being considered one of the world's founding professionals in the development of leadership as a field and discipline.