Steven D'Souza

Are you ready to unleash your full potential as a leader? In Shadows at Work, D’Souza invites you on a thrilling expedition into the depths of the human psyche, challenging conventional wisdom about leadership and personal growth. This isn’t your typical leadership book. It involves a multifaceted exploration of the Shadow through psychological, biological, cultural and spiritual lenses. It invites you to confront uncomfortable truths about projection, defences and derailers while learning to bring your whole self to work and embrace the lessons of the Shadow life. By acknowledging and integrating hidden traits and raising awareness of unconscious behaviour, more authentic, empathetic and effective leadership is possible. Shadows at Work reveals how embracing Shadows leads to profound personal and organizational transformation. This book isn’t about wallowing in darkness. It’s about accepting and integrating all aspects of yourself, becoming a more rounded and compassionate leader. Are you brave enough to step into the Shadows and emerge stronger on the other side?

For too long, we have bought into the myth of separation: the story that we each win or lose through the relentless pursuit of self-improvement, achieving personal and organizational goals and increasing consumerism. This has led us to being more lonely, exhausted, and disconnected than ever, with a devastating impact on our 'personal' lives, families, communities, organizations and the planet. Not Being invites us to be curious about a different way of life. It argues that beyond our actions and thinking, it is our very identities that need to transform. To be successful and thrive in this increasingly precarious, polarised, and interconnected world, we all need to become a bigger and bolder vision of who we are. Through a range of inspirational stories from people in many different walks of life, Not Being is the essential guide to a more dynamic, meaningful, and rewarding way of life. It completes the trilogy of Not Knowing and Not Doing by closing the gap on what we need to know, do and be.

Denna prisbelönta bok erbjuder ett alternativt, motsatt sätt att hantera kunskap och expertis - att omfamna "inte veta" snarare än att frukta det. På randen mellan det kända och det okända finns en fruktbar mark full av möjligheter. Att hålla till i detta gränsland kan leda till en upplevelse av fräscha, nya kunskaper, kreativitet, glädje och förundran.Kunskap och expertis är högt värderade i dagens affärsvärld. Dessa värden introduceras tidigt i vårt utbildningssystem, och på jobbet utvärderas vi utifrån vad vi vet och utifrån vår förmåga att kunna ge svar och lösningar. Det är jobbigt att inte veta. Våra hjärnor är programmerade att undvika det oväntade och att föredra det vi har visshet om. Situationer som är tvetydiga eller osäkra kan få oss att känna oss inkompetenta, generade och skamsna. Men trots allt lever vi i en värld full av ovisshet, komplexitet och ombytlighet.Författarna kallar det för ovetskapen och menar att det är genom ovetskap som vi utvecklar en undersökande tankegång, och därigenom upptäcker, engagerar och skapar nya sätt att hantera affärsproblem och ledarskapsutmaningar.Boken stöds av personliga berättelser från olika individer och den positiva förändringen som de gjorde i sina liv genom att "inte veta". Att lösa nya problem med gamla sätt att tänka är inte längre användbart i den nya världen!Om författarnaSteven D’Souza är baserad i London och arbetar med ledarskapsrådgivning, bl.a. internationellt som konsult, talare och coach inom ledarskap, organisationsutveckling, mångfald. Han är utbildad i gestaltpsykologi, coachning och är en erfaren ledarskapscoach som ofta arbetar med ledningsgrupper inklusive på koncernchefsnivå.Diana Renner arbetar som konsult och fokuserar på att bygga organisationers och individers förmåga att framgångsrikt navigera i osäkerhet och komplexitet. Hon är baserad i London men arbetar med ledande befattningshavare i en rad kommersiella, statliga och samhällsorganisationer runt om i världen.

So many people today are struggling with the increasing pace of change and the constant and excessive busyness that comes with it. Many feel stretched, overwhelmed and exhausted, besieged by the demands of complex projects and workplaces. They are engaged in a kind of "doing" that is more effort and struggle, rather than a "doing" that comes from a place of presence, openness and aliveness. This is not only ineffective and unsustainable, but ultimately ends in stress, anxiety and burnout. This book, by the authors of the award-winning Not Knowing (Best Management Book of the Year), explores the limits and dangers of "doing"; how do they play out in our lives and workplaces; what is driving, or contributing, to our excessive activity; and what would a different kind of "doing" look like, that is less about control and struggle and more about well-being, harmony and creativity.

Knowledge and expertise are highly valued in today's business world. These values are introduced at an early age by our education system, and at work, we are assessed based on what we know, on having the answers and solutions. Our need for certainty, to know what's going on, to have all the answers, exerts strong pressure in our lives. This award-winning book offers an alternative, contrarian approach to dealing with such pressures - and to embrace "not knowing" rather than fearing it. The authors argue it is by "not knowing" that we in fact develop an exploratory mindset, and we discover, engage and create new ways to deal with business and management problems and issues. The book is supported by stories of individuals and the positive change they made in their lives through "not knowing". Solving new problems with old ways of thinking are no longer useful in the new world.

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In order to thrive in these worrying times, this fascinating book proposes we head, uncomfortably, towards the unknown, rather than away from it. By developing a unique relationship with Not Knowing we discover a new way of living, working and succeeding in our modern world. This book re-frames the concept of Not Knowing, from being in a fearful place of weakness and ignorance, moving to something we must engage with personally. It introduces us to a new paradigm, where Not Knowing becomes an exciting opportunity, where we are no longer limited by what we already know and our habitual reactions to things that life throws at us, so that deeper knowing can emerge, full of rich possibilities and wisdom. Learn: Why your hard-won knowledge may be holding you back. How to recognise when you are entering your real learning zone. Lessons from people who thrive in the unknown. Powerful ideas that will help you experience joy and possibility, rather than uncertainty and worry.