Using a relatable story about a man facing challenges on the job and in his family, the authors expose the fascinating ways that we can blind ourselves to our true motivations and unwittingly sabotage the effectiveness of our own efforts to achieve success and increase happiness.

The premise of this work is that the “disease” of self-deception – acting in ways contrary to what one knows is right – underlies all leadership problems in today's organizations. However well-intentioned they may be, leaders who deceive themselves always end up undermining their own performance. This straightforward book explains how leaders can discover their own self-deceptions and learn how to escape destructive patterns…and effectively demonstrates that breaking out of these patterns leads to improved teamwork, commitment, trust, communication, motivation, and leadership.