Transparency
How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor
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This work exposes the biggest challenge in leadership. The authors look at what conspires against a culture of candor in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness.
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If anything is clear, it is that executives will not begin to act virtuously as long as boards continue to reward misbehavior.
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In order to continue to receive reliable information, those in power must be aware that whatever they hear from their direct reports has probably been heavily edited.
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