Shadows at Work: Harness Your Dark Side and Unlock Your Leadership Potential - Couverture souple

D'Souza, Steven

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1917391412 ISBN 13 : 9781917391412

Editeur : LID Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Are you brave enough to confront the shadows that shape who you are—and how you lead?

Shadows at Work is not your typical leadership book. In this provocative and insightful exploration, Steven D’Souza takes readers on a journey deep into the human psyche, challenging conventional ideas about leadership, personal growth, and the workplace. Drawing from psychology, biology, culture, and spirituality, D’Souza explores the power of the Shadow—those hidden traits and unconscious patterns that influence our thoughts, behaviours, and decisions.

By understanding projection, defences, and derailers, and by learning to integrate disowned parts of ourselves, leaders can become more authentic, empathetic, and effective. Far from wallowing in darkness, this book reveals how embracing the Shadow can lead to profound personal transformation and create more human, connected, and resilient organizations.

What emerges is a call to action: to bring your whole self to work and unlock the wisdom hidden in the parts you fear to face.

Advance Praise for Shadows at Work

"Steven D'Souza extends a bold and necessary invitation to step out of the binaries of light and dark and into the richer, more nuanced terrain of what makes us human. This book will keep you thinking long after you’ve turned the final page."
– Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Power of Regret, Drive and When

“An essential read for leaders, teams, and organizations ready to confront the unseen forces shaping workplace culture. D’Souza encourages us to engage with our shadows, transforming them into sources of growth, creativity, and connection.”
– Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“A thought-provoking and wide-ranging guide to the shadows of leadership. By understanding the shadows, we can appreciate the light.”
– Stuart Crainer & Des Dearlove, Founders, Thinkers50

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steven D’Souza is an international educator with experience in the fields of HR, leadership and talent management, diversity and organisational development. He has trained in Gestalt psychology for groups and individuals, ontological coaching and is an experienced executive coach, working frequently with senior teams including at the CEO level.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LID Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1917391412
• ISBN 13: 9781917391412
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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