Why read Leadership and Self-Deception?

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Since its original publication in 2000, Leadership and Self-Deception has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. Its sales continue to increase year after year, and the book's popularity has gone global, with editions now available in over twenty languages.

Through a story everyone can relate to about a man facing challenges on…

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Why read it?

2 authors picked Leadership and Self-Deception as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Clark Ingram

Author

I read this book after discovering the issues created by Good to Great.

There was no shortage of self-deception and wishful thinking present during the management reactions to issues brought up above. The issues addressed in this book were clearly evident above, and the results were effected by the deceptions present at the time.

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Ivanna Mikhailovna Rosendal and Anne Katrine Carlsson Sejr

Author

This book made me, Ivanna, rethink how I approach my colleagues.

The premise of the book is that you can choose whether you attempt to understand people’s motives or if you only view a situation from your own perspective.

When I was reading it, I was having a conflict with a colleague at work. It had been spiraling for months. I had lost the ability to assume good intentions from that colleague. After having read the book, it made me consider which intentions the person could have that may not have had anything to do with me.

This book got…

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