{"product_id":"leadership-risk-debri-van-wyk-9798271343759","title":"Leadership Risk: How Titles, Power, and Insecurity Wreck Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003ePower doesn't corrupt overnight. It seduces slowly - through applause, validation, and the quiet addiction of being needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeadership Risk\u003c\/i\u003e is not another leadership manual. It's a psychological dissection of why good people become dangerous leaders, how success blinds those it once inspired, and why organizations keep promoting charisma over character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBusiness psychologist \u003cb\u003eDr. Debri van Wyk\u003c\/b\u003e exposes the unseen mechanics of ego drift - the subtle way power disconnects leaders from truth, empathy, and self-awareness. Drawing from years of corporate and executive experience, he unpacks how boardrooms breed darkness, how culture absorbs pathology, and how followers enable the very leaders who destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book dares to ask the questions most leadership books avoid: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do we worship confidence while ignoring competence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do insecure leaders climb the fastest?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what happens to a culture when truth starts reporting to ego?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqual parts psychological analysis and moral reckoning, \u003ci\u003eLeadership Risk\u003c\/i\u003e holds up a mirror to every executive, manager, and follower brave enough to look. It's not about blaming the dark - it's about understanding why we built it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debri Van Wyk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798271343759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Debri Van Wyk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083755593983,"sku":"9798271343759","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leadership-risk-debri-van-wyk-9798271343759","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}