Leadership and Self-Deception, Fourth Edition: The Secret to Transforming Relationships and Unleashing Results

With nearly 3 million copies sold worldwide, this fourth edition of Leadership and Self-Deception serves as a guide to improve leadership effectiveness, transform personal and professional relationships, and improve organizational results. Significantly revised throughout, the edition includes updated stories, new content, and a practical group discussion guide. Over two decades since its initial publication, the book helps readers identify and overcome the persistent lies underlying people-related dysfunction in relationships and organizations. Presented through a narrative, it examines how people become blind to their true motivations and inadvertently undermine their efforts to achieve success and repair broken relationships. This fourth edition features a broader cast of characters, updated stories and examples applicable to modern workplaces, and individual study and group discussion guides. It includes practical tools for personal, team, and organization-wide application. The book draws on ideas that have helped millions of people and thousands of organizations transform relationships and results.