Unless you face your devil inside, the dividing line between success and misery is thin. It is all too easy to sabotage yourself and others, with huge consequences for you, your family, your friends and the people you lead. To avoid this hazard, practising introspection is the most important skill we can use in our lives.The Devil Inside is about breaking through your own blockades. This book enables you to observe how you have developed particular habits, helps you to analyse why you behave in a certain way and shows you how to break vicious circles. The more you can silence that inner voice – the devil inside – the better you are able to grow and the more others will recognize your leadership.Bas Kodden is Professor of Leadership & Management Development and Director of the Executive MBA and Full Time MBA program at Nyenrode Business Universiteit in The Netherlands. His research and teaching focus of leadership, entrepreneurship and personal development. He is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the fi eld of self-development. In this book Bas looks back on his years as a fan of the band INXS, as an entrepreneur and as an academic. But above all he recalls the voice which brought him to the path of introspection.