Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
by Institute of Arbinger
Our Price: $78.96
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $9.65 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Institute of ArbingerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2000
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 181
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Book Reviews of Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
Book Review: Got a lot out of the book, once I put down my guard
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read Leadership and Self-Deception years ago in fits and starts. I've read it again and it's fresh and relevant. The idea of treating others as having value only because they are people gets to the heart of many seemingly intractable issues in the world. Further, you don't really need a formal title or position to be a leader. You're a leader because of why you do what you do, and results will follow. In the scheme of this book, the results will be good if you're out of the self-deception box.
What kept me from absorbing the book the first time, I believe, is that so many other business books have used the same story type of format. I think it got popularized with Ken Blanchard's One Minute Manager. At least hundreds more followed this proven marketing success formula. The problem I personally have with these story formats is my inability to suspend belief. The story or dialogue seems implausible to me. I felt that way this time too but got past it. In fact, I felt the truth about self-deception.
The book shows how most conflicts are perpetuated by self-deception. On some psychological level the path of least resistance is to depreciate others when there is any type of conflict, and there are endless ways to do it. This reactive mode is being in the box, being dependent on outcomes that make us feel secure. Out of the box is when our motivations are not dependent on outcomes. Wanting to feel more secure does not have to lead the mind to self-deception. By catching this kind of thought process and stopping it immediately, we can live a better life. The first step is to become aware. For this reason, I recommend this book but also caution that the dialogue may seem implausible.
Summary of Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
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.Subjects Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Subjects Books
That Hideous Strengthby C S Lewis
Voyager; Published: 2005-12-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.01
Gates of Rome (Emperor 1)by Conn Iggulden
Harpercollins Pb; Published: 2003-09-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.80
Girl With a Pearl Earringby Tracy Chevalier
Harper Collins Audio; Published: 2002-06-17; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $34.99
Illustrated Man (Voyager Classics)by Ray Bradbury
Voyager; Published: 2002-08-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.81
Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia S.)by C S Lewis
Harper Collins Childrens H/B; Published: 2003-10-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $27.99
1960s Series American Dreamby Norman Mailer
Flamingo; Published: 2001-04-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.98
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
Harpercollins Publishers; Published: 1994-08-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.86
Man Lay Deadby Ngaio Marsh
Harper Collins Pb; Published: 2000-12-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $107.58
Rhythm Sectionby Mark Burnell
Harper Collins Pod; Published: 2000-06-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $33.76
I Am Mary Dunneby Brian Moore
Flamingo; Published: 1995; Paperback; Book
Best price: $79.95
Similar Books and other products
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are Highby Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
McGraw-Hill; Published: 2002-06-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.69
Price in other shops:
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successfulby Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Hyperion; Published: 2007-01-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops:
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflictby The Arbinger Institute
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.; Published: 2006-07-28; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.23
Price in other shops:
Breaking Away from the Corporate Model: Even More Lessons from Principal to Principalby Rocky Wallace
R&L Education; Published: 2009-10-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $27.92
Price in other shops:
Privileged Thinking in Today's Schools: The Implications for Social Justiceby David Barnett, Carol Christian, Richard Hughes, Rocky Wallace
R&L Education; Published: 2010-11-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.70
Price in other shops:
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Boxby Arbinger Institute, The Arbinger Institute
Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Published: 2000-01-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $33.45
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of ConflictNA; Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Published: 2008-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.16
Price in other shops:
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Boxby Arbinger Institute
Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Published: 2010-01-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.34
Price in other shops: