Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box

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1) Paperback Book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. If you´re looking for something a little different in a book on leadership, then look no further than LEADERSHIP AND SELF-DECEPTION by The Arbinger Institute. This is different from other leadership books in that it reads in the form of a story (not a parable) about a man who has just landed a job with a company he has long coveted. He is about to learn exactly why the company, Zagram, has achieved such greatness.

Follow the journey of Tom Callum as he is introduced to the principles that have set Zagrum Company apart from the competition. You´ll be introduced to the principles of self-deception, self-betrayal, and being in or out of "the box". The critical point the reader will learn here is that we all spend a great deal of time in the box and when we are in the box, we are not operating anywhere near where we should. Furthermore, being in the box effects not only our work, but all inter-personal relationships and interactions in life.

Not to worry, though. The authors won´t leave you hanging. Tom later learns, as his training continues, how to step out of the box. Although he also learns that what he has learned, and what this story covers, is only the first phase of a three part plan. It is a little disappointing to not be introduced to the second and third parts of the Arbinger Institutes plan, but don´t let that stop you from reading this book.

In fact, you probably won´t just read this book and be done with it. I plan to re-read this immediately. It is simply too much to fully comprehend in one reading, at least it was for me. The story is entertaining. The lessons are well presented and logical. What you take away will be invaluable. I see many ways of implementing what I have learned here, not just in business situations, but in marriage coaching as well. These are principles that will affect all aspects of life and business.
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2) Paperback Book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. A great read. If your organization is a learning organization and is interested in finding a book that is a page turner for those who do not normally read then this is a book for you. The authors found a way to present the concepts of the next generation of leadership in an easy to understand easy to follow dialoge. The next generation of leadership in my opinion is idea that empathy and social understand are crucial to being a leader. This book will help give an organization a common vocabulary to discuss issues.¤

3) Paperback Book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This is a great book. It is easy to read and held my interest. Many of the principles included are those we already know, but have never seen them explained or really examined them ... Although it is not a Christian book, I found this book to be full of truth.¤

4) Paperback Book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This is a wonderful book that really makes you see that each person can make a change within themselves to make the world around them a nicer place to be, even for themselves.¤

5) Paperback Book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. I think I´ve read most of the top dozen or so best sellers on leadership. They all have wonderful advice. But there´s now also a new kid on the block, a new book, that is probably the best-kept secret on leadership and HUMAN RELATIONS. It´s a book called "Going Beyond Leadership of Character" by "West Point" author, Norman Thomas Remick. It goes beyond all the wonderful books like "Leadership and Self-Deception" because it gives you something special that the others do not give you. I consider it to be, as I do "Leadership and Self-Deception", a must read. Like the book "Good to Great" tells you why some companies go from being just good to being great, the Remick book tells you how to make the leap from being just good to being great as a leader.¤

6) Paperback Book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. The "disease" of self-deception (acting in ways contrary to what one knows is right) underlies all leadership problems in today´s organizations, according to the premise of this work. However well intentioned they may be, leaders who deceive themselves always end up undermining their own performance.

This straightforward book explains how leaders can discover their own self-deceptions and learn how to escape destructive patterns. The authors demonstrate that breaking out of these patterns leads to improved teamwork, commitment, trust, communication, motivation, and leadership.¤

7) Paperback Book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Using the story/parable format so popular these days, Leadership and Self-Deception takes a novel psychological approach to leadership. 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. Latching onto the latest leadership trend won´t make people follow you if your motives are selfish--people can smell a rat, even one that says it´s trying to empower them. The tricky thing is, we don´t know that our motivation is flawed. We deceive ourselves in subtle ways into thinking that we´re doing the right thing for the right reason. We really do know what the right thing to do is, but this constant self-justification becomes such an ingrained habit that it´s hard to break free of it--it´s as though we´re trapped in a box, the authors say.

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. We follow Tom, an old-school, by-the-book kind of guy who is a newly hired executive at Zagrum Corporation, as two senior executives show him the many ways he´s "in the box," how that limits him as a leader in ways he´s not aware of, and of course how to get out. This is as much a book about personal transformation as it is about leadership per se. 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.

While the writing won´t make John Updike lose any sleep, the story entertainingly does the job of pulling the reader in and making a potentially abstruse argument quite enjoyable. The authors have a much better ear for dialogue than is typical of the genre (the book is largely dialogue), although a certain didactic tone creeps in now and then. But ultimately it´s a hopeful, even inspiring read that flows along nicely and conveys a message that more than a few managers need to hear. --Pat McGill¤

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