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-byShalini Singha(1MBA N-1221558)

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INTRODUCTION

When Tom Callum, a troubled executive struggling with his new job, is asked to spend two days meeting with the executive vice president at the Zagrum Company, he unexpectedly learns about self-deception. Self-deception results when someone acts contrary to what they know is right. By ignoring that altruistic, internal voice, one triggers a chain of events that ultimately result in destructive behaviour.

Tom Callum's story demonstrates that while knowing how to avoid this problem is central to business relationships and success, awareness is equally important in one's personal relationships.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author of this book is“The Arbinger Institute”.“Arbinger” is the French spelling of the word “harbinger” which means “one that indicates what is to come”.The team of scholars led by Terry Warner has broken new ground in solving the age-old problem of “Resistance”.Today , Arbinger is a management training & consulting firm & includes people from all fields.

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CONTENT

1. Self-deception and the Box2. How we get in the Box3. How we get out of the Box

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STYLE

The first unusual aspect of this book is the manner in which it is written. It is basically a novel. It starts with a contextual story written in first person, of a man who has recently joined a successful company as an executive and is called in to meet personally with the Company senior leader.

From the first few pages one anticipates and wants to know what would happen next. It is within this method that the leadership principles are revealed.

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THEME

L&SD is an engagingly written novel about an important aspect of leadership. The key insight is that we have a tendency to turn people into objects and not recognize their aspirations, desires, frustrations and general humanity, and that this tendency creates a vicious cycle that damages performance .

The authors demonstrate that breaking out of these patterns leads to improved teamwork, commitment, trust, communication, motivation, and leadership.

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CHARACTERS

Bud Jefferson Kate Stenarude Tom Callum Lou Herbert

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SELF DECEPTION AND THE “BOX”

The “box” confines because of the limited view of the person confined. This person has an inflated self-importance, often due to their status as a leader, and is not personally accountable. People in the box avoid responsibility and accountability, and lie to themselves that they are doing right when they know, deep down, that they could be doing a lot better.

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EXAMPLE

BEHAVIORS•Sitting next empty seat

•Observing other passengers•Reading the paper

I see others as Objects and they seem distorted

I see myself and others more or less as People

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HOW WE GET IN THE BOX

Self betrayal is the major cause When I see a self-justifying world, my realistic view becomes distorted When I betray myself, I enter the box I carry the box as it becomes my characteristic I invite others to be in the box and we collude in giving each other reasons to stay in the box

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HOW WE GET OUT OF THE BOX

What doesn’t work:•Trying to change others•Coping with others•Leaving•Communicating•Implementing new skillsThe only way to get out of the box is realizing other people’s importance and showing right attitude towards them.

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APPLICATION

The first area of application is in hiring. Many organizations use the book as a vital part of their applicant screening

and hiring process. A second broad area of application is what you might think of as leadership and team building A third area of application is conflict resolution A fourth area of application is presented near the end of the book. The self-deception solution forms a foundation upon which organizations of all types can build robust systems of

accountability and responsibility taking A final area of application might broadly be called personal

growth and development

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SUMMARY

• Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box  is one of the most unusual book on leadership. The premise here is not about leadership styles, methodologies for managing employees in the workplace, or other business strategy, but is instead a close and powerful look at how we view others and how that view impacts our ability to lead them.

• It shows how most personal and oraganisational problems are due to a little know problem “self-deception”

• A person can become a great leader only when he sees people as PEOPLE and not OBJECTS

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LEARNING

This book is personally challenging, in that the focus is not on how we act in that compartment of our lives called work, but rather who we are in relation to others in our family, our workplace, and strangers in our society.

I found myself re-examining many aspects of how I lead my team at work, how I interact with peers and co-workers

until we "get out of the box" and the distortions it causes, "we don't know who we work and live with."

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