socialmedian: How transparent is your leadership?

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Submitted by Judithgermain

Jul 17, 2009

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Here’s an under-rated leadership skill – transparency. Transparency is the art of sharing information, or telling someone what you’re really thinking. As a leader, your people are looking for you to be honest and forthright… in fact, they expect it. How’s that for high standards? From the very moment you assume a leadership position, you’re expected to be perfect in the communications department. Not an easy challenge, for sure.

Let’s start with sharing information. You’ve probably heard this phrase – “tell ‘em what you know, when you know it”. Good advice when leading any change initiative, or when some big stuff is going down in the company. If you’re leading a reorganization, merger, acquisition, or downsizing, or when there’s some hot news in the organization, try to be transparent. Set up a regular schedule and consistent channels of sharing information. Tell ‘em what you Read the full article

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