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June 8, 2011
“A true self can not deceive itself”-Rorty
Course Administration◦ Syllabus Change
Let’s Self-Discover!
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Keep track of your own points Don’t procrastinate on reading Assessments are all due Friday, January 28th
Don’t forget! Don’t procrastinate about the LAP.
The Arbinger Institute. (2002). Leadership and self-deception. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc..
“I found myself speechless. How could I know I had a problem if I didn’t even what the problem was?” p. 7
To be reflectiveTo be all about you
EMOTIONS
THOUGHTS
BELIEF SYSTEMS
What people see
What you feel
What you think
Generated from your value system
Young Red-necked Wallaby-allows it to blend in with its environment.
Distraction Camouflage Physical deception through the alterations
of appearances Dissimulation (concealing truth, half-truths) Slight of hand Propaganda Self-deception cealment. There is also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception
To lie to oneself, to hold beliefs outside of awareness.
-Sackeim (1983)
-Robert Trivers
What’s wrong with self-deception?
DECEPTION SELF-DECEPTION
Can be harmful to people
Has a disregard for the truth
Generally has a tone of manipulation
Leaves others feeling betrayed
Undermines another’s agency.
Can be harmful to people Has a disregard for the
truth Involves the manipulation
of oneself Undermines one’s agency Can become habitual with
a need to be perpetuated – a need to see oneself despite the evidence
The remaining columns of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Columns_of_the_Temple_of_Apollo_at_Delphi,_Greece.jpeg
“Know Thyself”
Was inscribed on the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo circa de 4th century BC
KNOW THYSELF …. (Bennis, 1989)
-Pienaar, (2009)
Self deception and self awareness: making the connection
MAKING THE CONNECTION
“the need to know and the fear of knowing”-Abraham Maslow (1968)
Currently there are well over 15,000 published articles and books on leadership.
Focus is on skills, characteristics and behaviors of successful and effective leaders.
There are fewer resources identifying and describing ineffective leadership practices.
Hogan, 2001, according to their research, believe that between 50-75% of leaders are not performing well, they are ineffective.
Burke, 2006
Blakeley, 2007, it is more important to investigate the blind spots of leaders and those in authority as it will normally have more impact.
The higher the position, the more power a person wields the more significant and the blind spot(s) will have over the people involved and on the organization.
“Awareness should not be confused with introspection or insight; rather, ‘at its best, awareness is a continuous means for keeping up to date with one’s self…It is always there, like an underground stream, ready to be tapped into when needed, a refreshing and revitalizing experience’ “ (Polster & Polster, 1973, pp. 211-212).
Studies have been conducted (Greenwald, 1980, Alicke, 1985, Zuckerman, 1979, Munro, 2009) that indicate people generally over-estimate their standing on most positive characteristics and engage in self-serving attributional thinking.
When information threatens people’s positive views of themselves, they will seek to ignore, discredit or minimize the significance of the threatening information (Munro, 2009).
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