Leadership Shadow (Paperback)  | Released: 28 Aug 2014

In today's fast paced, interconnected, and mercilessly competitive business world, senior executives have to push themselves and others hard. Paradoxically, to succeed as leaders, they also need to relate to others very well. Under stress and challenge, the qualities executives have relied on to get them to the top and to achieve outstanding results can overshoot into unhelpful drives that lead to business and personal catastrophes.The Leadership Shadow draws on the lived experience of executives to make sense of what actually happens when their drivers overshoot and they act out the dark side of leadership. It shows how executives can find stability in the face of uncertainty, resilience in the face of gruelling demand, and psychological equilibrium as a leader in the face of turbulence.About the Author: Professor Erik de Haan is the Director of Ashridge's Centre for Coaching and Professor of Organization Development and Coaching at the VU University Amsterdam. Erik regularly works with a range of universities and multinational companies, including Aegon, BP, Heineken, Nike, Credit Suisse First Boston, Qualcomm and Vodafone. He is a prolific and widely published author. Anthony Kasozi is Director of Quilibra Consulting and an Associate with Ashridge Consulting who previously worked with Unilever, Deloitte, Haskins and Sells and Coopers & Lybrand. He is a highly experienced management and organization consultant and his clients include HP Services, Novo Nordisk, Masterfoods (Mars), The World Health Organisation, Oxfam, Siemens Financial Services, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, The International Finance Corporation (World Bank), UNAIDs and The Global Fund.