Leadership & Self Deception
Leadership & Self Deception
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In the fictional Zagrum company, new executive Tom Callum is summoned for a one-on-one meeting that will alter his perspective forever. His mentor, Bud, exposes Tom to the liberating truth about “being in the box” – the self-deception that causes us to view co-workers as objects rather than people with valid needs.
As Tom’s eyes are opened, he begins recognizing how his distorted mindset has damaged relationships and hindered results across all areas of his life. From his wife and children to colleagues and employees, Tom realizes his inward-focused behaviors have created unnecessary conflicts.
Bud reveals the path to breaking free – developing an “outward mindset” focused on understanding others’ viewpoints and extending the same compassion we desire. As Tom applies these insights, extraordinary transformations occur in his workplace, family dynamics, and overall fulfillment.
“Leadership and Self-Deception” is a profound yet accessible guide to escaping the boxes that trap us in self-betrayal. By embracing its eye-opening wisdom, you’ll experience a mindset shift that unlocks deep connections, resolves conflicts, and propels you toward achieving your highest potential as a leader.
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Features
- A robust model for recognizing self-deception: The book presents a simple but insightful model that helps readers identify when they are deceiving themselves and failing to see the true causes of problems. It aims to make readers aware of their biases and blind spots.
- Practical solutions for overcoming self-deception: By exposing the patterns of self-deception, the book provides readers with practical and actionable ways to overcome it in their work and personal lives. It offers a path to seeing situations more objectively.
- Fable-style narrative for engaging learning: The concepts are conveyed through an entertaining story that readers can relate to, making the lessons more impactful and memorable. The fable format makes the ideas accessible.
- Strategies for improving relationships and leadership: By addressing self-deception, the book equips readers with tools to cultivate empathy, treat others as human beings, and apply principles like the Golden Rule. This can significantly improve relationships, communication, and leadership effectiveness.
- Thought-provoking self-reflection: While the model is presented as simple, reviews suggest the book prompts deep self-reflection and can be convicting, pushing readers to genuinely change their mindsets and behaviors.
Meet the author
Biography
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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 are 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
- Towards being out of the box
- Dead ends
- The way out
- Leadership out of the box
- Birth of a leader
- Another chance
Quotes from this book
“Self-deception is like this. It closes our eyes to the true causes of problems, and once we’re blind, all the “solutions” we can think of will actually make matters worse. Whether at work or at home, self-deception obscures the truth about ourselves, corrupts our view of others and our circumstances, and inhibits our ability to make wise and helpful decisions.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
“Self-betrayal” 1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of “self-betrayal.” 2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal. 3. When I see the world in a self-justifying way, my view of reality becomes distorted. 4. So — when I betray myself, I enter the box.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
“They’re all examples of self-betrayal — times when I had a sense of something I should do for others but didn’t do it.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
Key takeaways
- A robust model for recognizing self-deception: The book presents a simple but insightful model that helps readers identify when they are deceiving themselves and failing to see the true causes of problems. It aims to make readers aware of their biases and blind spots.
- Practical solutions for overcoming self-deception: By exposing the patterns of self-deception, the book provides readers with practical and actionable ways to overcome it in their work and personal lives. It offers a path to seeing situations more objectively.
- Fable-style narrative for engaging learning: The concepts are conveyed through an entertaining story that readers can relate to, making the lessons more impactful and memorable. The fable format makes the ideas accessible.
- Strategies for improving relationships and leadership: By addressing self-deception, the book equips readers with tools to cultivate empathy, treat others as human beings, and apply principles like the Golden Rule. This can significantly improve relationships, communication, and leadership effectiveness.
- Thought-provoking self-reflection: While the model is presented as simple, reviews suggest the book prompts deep self-reflection and can be convicting, pushing readers to genuinely change their mindsets and behaviors.
Blurb
The word-of-mouth phenomenon that is changing lives and transforming organizations.
Since its release in 2000, the popularity of Leadership and Self-deception has gone global-now in its third edition and available in over 30 languages with increased sales year after year.
Through astory everyone can relate to about a man facing vhallenges on the job and in his family, the authors expose the fascinating ways that we bling ourselves to our true motivations and unwittingly sabotage the effectiveness of our own efforts to achieve success and increase happiness. This third edition includes new research about the self deception gap in organizations and the keys to closing this gap. The authors offer guidnce for how to acess in-the-box and out-of-the-box mindsets in oneself and one’s organition.
Disover what millions have already learned-how to tap into an innate ability that dramatically improves both your relationships and your results.