leadership and self-deception - Advanced Training Source

LEADERSHIP AND SELF-DECEPTION
LEADER’S GUIDE
SESSION II INTRODUCTION
In the last session of Leadership and Self-Deception, you guided participants through understanding
the basic concepts of self-deception.Today, you will work with them to delve even more
deeply into the outcomes of self-deception.
Today’s session is only for individuals who have completed Session I and who have read the book
Leadership and Self-Deception.The class will have no meaning to anyone who has not met these
requirements.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR SESSION II
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Define the terms self-betrayal, “in the box,” and collusion
• Describe how self-betrayal relates to the idea of being in the box
• Describe typical feelings associated with being in the box
• Describe typical behaviors of individuals (leaders and non-leaders) who are in the box
• Describe how people (leaders and non-leaders) in the box typically regard others
• Describe the kinds of interactions one might see during a problematic interaction between
two individuals who are each in the box (leader/non-leader and peer/peer)
• Describe typical problem solving strategies attempted by people who are in the box
• Describe ways to get out of the box
• Describe what makes a successful leader
• Identify at least one problem that is the result of the participants’ being in the box
• Identify and commit to at least one action for getting out of the box
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