C. Terry Warner is an American

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

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and

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. He founded the Arbinger Institute, which does consulting and training based on his academic work on the foundations of

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and

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. In writings and seminars, Warner argues that people are responsible for their own actions and even negative

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s which are often used to accuse others rather than responding to their needs, and that people therefore have the power to free their relationships with others from negativity. Warner holds a

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from

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and is a

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Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ...

. In 1967 he joined the faculty at Brigham Young University, where he served as chair of the Philosophy Department, director of the Honors Program, and dean of the College of General Studies. Among Warner's students was Steven Covey, author of

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. He was a visiting senior member of

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Arbinger Institute

Warner started the Arbinger Institute, in 1979, a leadership training and consulting firm, which has produced ''Leadership and Self-Deception'' a book recommended in a 2018 CNBC article called "Best Business Books Recommended by Bill Gates, Barack Obama and other successful people." The book focuses on seeing people as people rather than objects to overcome self-deception in the workplace. The Arbinger Institute has two headquarters and more than 26 international partners. * U.S.A. / State of Utah * Germany / Hamburg * United Kingdom / Buckinghamshire * Sweden / Sweden * Israel / Israel * China / Shanghai * Korea / Seoul * Japan / Fukuoka

Publications

* ''Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves,'' Salt Lake City, UT: Shadow Mountain Press, 2001. * ''Oxford Papers'', 1997. * ''The Possibility of Language: A Discussion of the Nature of Language, With Implications for Human and Machine Translation'' (Benjamins Translation Library, Vol 14) with Alan K. Melby. December 1995. * ''Bonds of Anguish, Bonds of Love'', 1995. * ''Honest, Simple, Solid, True'', a speech given on 16 January 1996. (Christian message
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* ''Arm the Children: Faith's Response to a Violent World'', BYU Studies Monographs with

Arthur Henry King Arthur Henry King (20 February 1910 – 15 January 2000), also found as Arthur H. King, was a British poet, writer and academic. Life King was educated at the University of Cambridge, England, and Lund University, Sweden, and held a Doctor of ...

and Daryl Hague. September 1998. * ''Why We Forgive'' Audio CD - June 2006. Warner's book ''Bonds that Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves'' is a self-help book that focuses on repairing damaged relationships and finding joy. In a review in ''Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,'' Tom Milholland says that Warner "uses an amazing blend of philosophy, theology, and psychology to provide insight and solutions..."Tom Milholland (2004), "Review," ''Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,'' vol. 30, no. 2, p. 248.

The Education in Zion Project

Dr. Warner was the founding curator and exhibit director of the Education in Zion Gallery at Brigham Young University until he retired in 2009. The permanent exhibition, ''Education in Zion'', tells the history of education in

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. The exhibition opened in the summer of 2008 and is in the Joseph F. Smith Building on Brigham Young University campus.

References

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External links

Arbinger Institute official website

Bibliography

''Meridian'' magazine
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