Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box

Leadership and Self-Deception is the first book to identify a single, underlying cause of every form of leadership failure. Through the story of Tom?a ?shluck? in his manager?s words?readers discover that identifying and treating individual leadership problems as if they were separate and distinct is not enough to transform people into successful leaders. The authors suggest that the key to leadership lies not in what we do, but in how we "are." They explore this compelling secret: Self-deception is the central player and trap underlying all leadership failures, relationship issues, and performance problems in organizations. Leaders who live in the box of self-deception are trapped: they cannot lead, no matter how hard they try and no matter how many skills and techniques they employ. With convincing examples, the authors show clearly how self-deception operates and how to overcome it. While other books cover people skills, this one goes deeper, fully illuminating the secret to leadership success. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-07-2009; A Game Changer; This book completely changed my view of myself as an individual, as a leader, and as a consultant. It explains many of the things that happened in the course of my career and how simple getting out of the box can be. Certainly on my...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-05-2009; Fun and powerful; This is a different type of learderhips book, one about how our own point of view can trap us. Rather than a lecture, we are drawn into a story aoubt someone with a new job who is about to learn a powerful lessons. In a gentle and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-14-2009; Excellent book; The format of illustrating the points of self deception by telling a story was very effective for me. I found the book easy to read and follow. It was so good, I am going to read it a second time so that the points will stick.I also...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-09-2009; Avoiding pitfalls of self-deception in leadership; Arbinger Institute's Leadership and Self-Deception is a worthy read for anyone in leadership. It's a little slow to read, too repetitive for my taste, but still worthwhile as it points to how we sabotage ourselves by our behavior toward...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-07-2009; A Game Changer; This book completely changed my view of myself as an individual, as a leader, and as a consultant. It explains many of the things that happened in the course of my career and how simple getting out of the box can be. Certainly on my...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-13-2007; Some good ideas, but get the book; My husband and I purchased the CD set to listen to on a long car trip. We had both read "The Anatomy of Peace" which was excellent, by the same authors. I found these CD's monotonous and convoluted. I fell asleep a lot of the time...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-15-2008; Nice theory, stupid story; I was encouraged to read this by a company I work for. Although I find the theory to be a very good one and one that I will work to be aware of, the delivery was pitiful! It is deliberately put in story form, which I find very...; read full review | report as inappropriate