Passionately Transforming Management: Lies

“What an interesting agenda for this meeting.”“Sustainability is a priority for our company.”“We care deeply about our customers.”Let’s face it: We all lie.Sometimes to save face, to get out of a scrape or to protect someone’s feelings, and sometimes for more malicious reasons.Generally, however, we only expect people to lie under certain circumstances, and we expect our professional environments to be beacons of truthful and honest behaviour. Deceit, untruth and disinformation have become part and parcel of the everyday political agenda.World leaders and business magnates unabashedly lie and peddle misinformation, from climate change denialism to anti-vaccine propaganda.In Passionately Transforming Management with Lies, Professor Johan Alvehus recognizes that such things are not only going on at the grand political stage - instead arguing that the utility of lies, deception and manipulation can provide key lessons for anyone interested in leadership.The author delves into differing ph