Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (847 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000782EUY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 145 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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A great read for all humans who face challenges with other humanssomething we all do every day. I began reading "Leadership and Self-Deception" because I am on a leadership track where I work full time thinking this book would help me in my endeavor. As I read the first few pages, I realized the same thing was happening to me that happened when I read, "The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict" also by The Arbinger Inst. A great way to bring up and work through a difficult subject As an executive coach, I use books as neutral way to get a person to think things through more deeply. Self-deception is a tough subject. It is not the role of a coach to make such judgments, yet it may be appropriate to provide material to challenge a person.This book was recommended to me by a fellow who was seriously self-deceptive. He. Incredible Book! Not just for those who own businesses! Great for people who have a desire to be better spouses, parents, friends, get along better with co-workers, people in any environment (church, school clubs, etc.) All around great book told in a "story-line" format! I was told about this book by a friend & I absolutely recommend this book! It's a "m
The authors use examples from the characters' private as well as professional lives to show how self-deception skews our view of ourselves and the world and ruins our interactions with people, despite what we sincerely believe are our best intentions. The tricky thing is, we don't know that our motivation is flawed. It's not what you do that matters, say the authors (presumably plural--the book is credited to the esteemed Arbinger Institute), but why you do it. Learning how the process of self-deception works--and how to avoid it and stay in touch with our innate sense of what's right--is at the heart of the book. But ultimately it's a hopeful, even inspiring
The book is currently available in more than twenty languages.. Launched with no fanfare when Arbinger (and its work) was little known, the book generated tremendous wordofmouth momentum. That would be fine except that selfdeception is so pervasive it touches every aspect of life. The extent to which it does that, and in particular the extent to which it is the central issue in personal and professional leadership, is the subject of this book. Selfdeception actually determines ones experience in