Title: Leadership and self-deception : getting out of the box /
Authors: Arbinger Institute
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Leadership; Self-deception
Abstract: The authors expose the fascinating ways that we can blind ourselves to our true motivations and unwittingly sabotage the effectiveness of our own efforts to achieve success and happiness...drawing on the extensive correspondence the authors have received over the years, they have added a section that outlines the many ways that readers have been using [the book] to improve their lives and workplaces--areas such as team building, conflict resolution, and personal growth and development, to name a few.
Contents: Part 1 : Self-deception and the "box". Bud -- A problem -- Self-deception -- The problem beneath other problems -- Beneath effective leadership -- The deep choice that determines influence -- People or objects -- Doubt -- Part 2 : How we get in the box. Kate -- Questions -- Self-betrayal -- Characteristics of self-betrayal -- Life in the box -- Collusion -- Box focus -- Box problems -- Part 3. How we get out of the box. Lou -- Leadership in the box -- Toward being out of the box -- Dead ends -- The way out -- Leadership out of the box -- Birth of a leader -- Another chance -- How to use Leadership and Self-Deception -- Share your story -- Excerpt from The Anatomy of Peace -- About the Arbinger Institute.