Self-Deception Getting Out Of The Box

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“Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box” by The Arbinger Institute is about the culture of a company, Zagrum, and how the culture has contributed to it’s success. The concept that Zagrum relies on is ridding the company of “people problems” as a result from “being in the box”. The book talks about being in the box and what it means, how you get in the box, and how you get out of the box. The Arbinger Institute’s book describes how Zagrum’s top initiative is to reduce “self-deception” both on an individual and organizational level. This idea of self-deception is the philosophy where one is not aware of a problem. Self-deception is like a disease within a company and the symptoms of this disease are “people problems”. This idea relates to being in the box. When out of the box, people are seen as people, in the box, people are seen as objects. There are 6 steps of getting in the box. Step 1 is not acting in the way you know you should or feel you should for another person, known as self-betrayal. For example, if I know that I should apologize to my boyfriend but I decid...

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