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Books like Leadership and Self-Deception
The best books like Leadership and Self-Deception are Dare to Lead, Difficult Conversations, and Humble Inquiry. Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute is about self-awareness, leadership, organizational culture. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Dare to Lead
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Brené Brown · Business
Dare to Lead is Brené Brown's application of her research on vulnerability and courage to the specific context of leadership.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Difficult Conversations
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Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen · Business
Difficult Conversations is the product of the Harvard Negotiation Project, the same research group that produced Getting to Yes.
Shares self-awareness and leadership with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Humble Inquiry
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Edgar H. Schein · Business
Humble Inquiry is Edgar Schein's argument that the most important communication skill in leadership is the ability to ask questions in a genuinely curious, non-manipulative way — and that most organizational cultures systematically undervalue this skill in favor of telling, which creates problems both for individual relationships and for organizational safety and learning.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
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- Nonviolent Communication
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Marshall B. Rosenberg · Self-help
Nonviolent Communication is Marshall Rosenberg's framework for communicating in ways that preserve connection and address needs rather than triggering defensiveness.
Shares self-awareness and relationships with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Fierce Conversations
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Susan Scott · Business
Fierce Conversations is Susan Scott's argument that the quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of your conversations — and that the conversations most people avoid are precisely the ones that would most improve their relationships and results.
Shares leadership and conflict with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Humble Leadership
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Edgar H. Schein and Peter A. Schein · Business
Humble Leadership is Edgar Schein and Peter Schein's argument that the command-and-control model of management is failing precisely when organizations need it most.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
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Frank Slootman · Business
Amp It Up is Frank Slootman's account of how he approaches leading organizations through rapid growth.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras · Business
Built to Last is Jim Collins and Jerry Porras's six-year research project into what separates companies that endure for decades from those that simply perform well for a season.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business
Creativity, Inc.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture
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Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture
Kim S. Cameron and Robert E. Quinn · Business
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture introduces the Competing Values Framework, a model Cameron and Quinn developed at the University of Michigan for assessing and intentionally changing organizational culture.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback
Harvard Business Review · Business
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Giving Feedback is an anthology collecting some of the most cited Harvard Business Review articles on feedback, including pieces by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall, Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, and others.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
Read the summary → - It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Business
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work is a direct challenge to the mythology of startup hustle — the idea that long hours, constant urgency, and full-company stress are signs of ambition rather than poor management.
Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception.
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Books like Leadership and Self-Deception: quick answers
What are the best books like Leadership and Self-Deception?
The best books like Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute are Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, Humble Inquiry by Edgar H. Schein, Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Leadership and Self-Deception, such as self-awareness, leadership, organizational culture.
What should I read after Leadership and Self-Deception?
A natural next read after Leadership and Self-Deception is Dare to Lead by Brené Brown. Shares leadership and organizational culture with Leadership and Self-Deception. Other strong choices are Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, Humble Inquiry by Edgar H. Schein, Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg.
What books are similar to Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute?
Leadership and Self-Deception centers on self-awareness, leadership, organizational culture. Books with a similar feel include Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, Humble Inquiry by Edgar H. Schein, Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott, Humble Leadership by Edgar H. Schein and Peter A. Schein — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
