The management of loss : humanity's existential crises

"Loss is experienced in many forms-from the death of a loved one, illness, and job loss, to the emotional turmoil surrounding retirement, divorce, separation, or even the quiet ache of boredom and loneliness. World-renowned leadership scholar, psychoanalyst, social psychologist, and executive c...

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Main Author Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781003651260
1003651267
9781040440827
1040440827
9781040440858
1040440851
9781041096801
1041096801
9781041090304
1041090307
Physical Description1 online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Why are we fooling ourselves?
  • People don't quit jobs; they quit bosses
  • Loss and renewal in retirement
  • Is AI the bogeyman of our age?
  • A king's tale
  • In praise of boredom
  • Coping with boredom
  • One is the loneliest number
  • A present-day pandemic
  • Sex and the executive
  • The sexual conundrum
  • What is your body telling you?
  • Being and nothingness
  • The denial of death
  • Mono no aware: the transience of life
  • How to face our existential dilemmas.