“A refreshing book of real substance that explains negative personality traits that, left to the unconscious, can quickly derail today’s leaders. Great research is discussed with real-life examples to create compelling insights. There are plenty of practical suggestions to deal with your own risks as well as a way to reframe irritating behaviours from others into something more useful. A must-read for professional coaches, talent management professionals and leaders who are serious about career development.”
--Chris Humphreys, CEO, Advanced People Strategies

“While epic leadership failures capture headlines, the underlying reasons usually lurk in the shadows far from view. This timely book does a masterful job of throwing light on the dark side of leadership by synthesizing a growing body of research and distilling concrete, actionable lessons any leader can use to avoid coming off the track.”
--Rob Kaiser, Kaiser Leadership Solutions and Editor of Consulting Psychology Journal

“There are always two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. Anyone who desires to know more about these real reasons, about what creates leadership pathologies, and what makes for leadership's core qualities, would do well to study this book. Not only will they become more knowledgeable about the shadow side of leadership, but they will also acquire a profound insight into how to overcome the various pitfalls that accompany the leadership journey.”
--Professor Manfred Kets de Vries, INSEAD

“In The Leadership Shadow, Erik de Haan and Anthony Kasozi provide a welcome antidote to the usual overblown presentations to be found in the enormous number of books and research papers on leadership. Most writing on the matter of leadership presents an idealized, sanitized view of leaders which does not mention the pathologies and neuroses of those who take up leadership roles; because of this they provide very unrealistic and unhelpful views on leadership. The Leadership Shadow provides a much more realistic and helpful account of the problems leaders face and how they need to take into account their own leadership shadow. Leaders can do enormous harm if they do not sustain an awareness of the dangerous psychological states it is so easy to be sucked into as a leader. It is to this task that The Leadership Shadow provides an important contribution.”
--Professor Ralph Stacey, University of Hertfordshire