Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED)

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The premise of this book focuses on one's own limited view of people, relationships, and organizational dynamics and clearly shows them as obstacles to one's optimal performance and productivity. As you follow these steps you’ll quickly reach your full potential and soon be inspiring others to follow your lead. My problem with this isn’t really that it isn’t all that different from the religious traditions of both east and west - but rather that it fits all too well with much more recent Human Resources traditions. In contrast, when you’re out of the box and not limited by your distorted view, you see others as people like you with equally legitimate interests.

WHAT is this fantasy-story-loving girl doing reading a book that demands shelving on the business/psychology shelf? Bud viewed the other passengers as threats or problems, not as people like him with the same right to a seat.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. Arbinger is now recognized as a world-leader in improving organizational culture and conflict resolution. Basic summary is that very often, when people commit acts of self-betrayal, doing something that goes against their own principles (or not doing something they should've done) in interactions with other people, businesses, government, etc. A self-betrayal is any act contrary to what you feel you should do for another person based on your morals.

This has all kinds of negative effects, harming our relationships, work attitude and ability to lead others. Think of a time when someone asked for your opinion on something, and you sugar-coated your response because you didn’t want to offend them. However, it goes in much more depth with the profound effect it has on the environment around us to follow and not follow this common-sensical advice. Leadership and Self-Deception explains how self-deception derails personal relationships and keeps organizations and leaders from achieving the results they want. Given this book has been around for a while, it is probably too late to change either of these terms.In this example, you would probably start feeling angry at your spouse, blaming him or her for not getting up. You may for example start wondering why it should be you who gets up, when you also need your sleep. He viewed the other passengers as threats or problems rather than as people like him with the same right to a seat. You can act very kindly toward someone, but still deep down feel that their needs are inferior to yours.