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LEADERSHIP and SELF-DECEPTION (Paperback)
by Arbinger Institute
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Leadership Challenge, Organizational effectiveness, Management, Self-Improvement |
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Author: Arbinger Institute
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant; EasyRead Large Bold Edition edition
Pub. in: October, 2008
ISBN: 1427087830
Pages: 272
Measurements: 10 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01617
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-1427087836
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Arbinger is a worldwide institute that helps organizations, families, individuals, and communities to solve the problems that have been created by the little-known but pervasive problem of self-deception (the problem of not knowing, and resisting the possibility, that one has a problem). Most conflicts, for example, are perpetuated by the problem of self-deception, as are most failures in communication and most breakdowns in trust and accountability. Unless one can solve the problem of not knowing one has a problem, these other problems necessarily remain. Try telling others they have a problem, however, and the depth of the problem of self-deception becomes clear. How can you help others to see something they are unwilling to see? This is the central challenge created by the problem of self-deception and the challenge that Arbinger's work is designed to overcome. Arbinger's materials educate people about the problem of self-deception, and Arbinger's methodologies help people to overcome it.
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For too long, the issue of self-deception has been the realm of deep-thinking philosophers, academics, and scholars working on the central questions of the human sciences. The public remains generally unaware of the issue. That would be fine except that self-deception is so pervasive it touches every aspect of life. "Touches" is perhaps too gentle a word to describe its influence. Self-deception actually determines one's experience in 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. Leadership and Self-Deception, first published in the year 2000, became an international bestseller. Launched with no fanfare when Arbinger (and its work) was little known, the book generated tremendous word-of-mouth momentum. Sales of the book continue to grow at an increasing rate even today, and the book continues to appear on bestseller lists around the world, many years after publication. The book is currently available in more than twenty languages.
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Preface
For too long, the issue of self-deception has been the realm of deep-thinking philosophers, academics, and scholars working on the central questions of the human sciences. The public remains generally unaware of the issue. That would be fine except that self-deception is so pervasive it touches every aspect of life. "Touches" is perhaps too gentle a word to describe its influence. Self-deception actually determines one's experience in every aspect of life. The extent to which it does that, and in particular the extent to which it is the central issue in leadership, is the subject of this book.
To give you an idea of what's at stake, consider the following analogy. An infant is learning to crawl. She begins by pushing herself backward around the house. Backing herself around, she gets lodged beneath the furniture. There she thrashes aboutcrying and banging her head against the sides and undersides of the pieces. She is stuck and hates it. So she does the only thing she can think of to get herself outshe pushes even harder, which only worsens her problem. Shes more stuck than ever.
If this infant could talk, she would blame the furniture for her troubles. After all, she is doing everything she can think of. The problem couldnt be hers. But of course, the problem is hers, even though she cant see it. While its true shes doing everything she can think of, the problem is precisely that she cant see how shes the problem. Having the problem she has, nothing she can think of will be a solution.
Self-deception is like this. It blinds us to the true cause of our problems, and once blind, all the "solutions" we can think of only make matters worse. Thats why self-deception is so central to leadership-because leadership is about making things better. To the extent we are self-deceived, our leadership is undermined at every turn-and not because of the furniture.
We have written this book to educate people about this most central of problems--a problem that has been the exclusive terrain of scholars for far too long. But this book is about more than the problem. There is a solution to self-deception as well.
Our experience in teaching about self-deception and its solution is that people find this knowledge liberating. It sharpens vision, reduces feelings of conflict, enlivens the desire for teamwork, redoubles accountability, magnifies the capacity to achieve results, and deepens satisfaction and happiness. We hope that this introduction to the self-deception problem and solution will give people new leverage in all of these areas. In organizations as varied as commercial ventures, neighborhoods, and families, what is needed most is people not just with influence but with influence for good.
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Brad Pelo(MSL quoted), USA
<2008-12-30 00:00>
... not just another book on leadership. It identifies the central issue of all performance. I recommend it very highly. |
Dave Checketts (MSL quoted), USA
<2008-12-30 00:00>
... shows why the truth about failure is so difficult to see, and explains how to overcome such self-deception. |
Dave Browne(MSL quoted), USA
<2008-12-30 00:00>
Arbinger taught our leadership team at LensCrafters and the difference...was remarkable. This is the...key to productivity and creativity. |
Jack Anderson (MSL quoted), USA
<2008-12-30 00:00>
Don't be fooled by the title-this book is for everyone. I can't think about my life the same way again. |
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