Four Key Leadership Principles for Developing a Climate of Truth
Every day I am inundated in information, articles, and social media shares about leadership and its relationship to organizational performance and culture. One thing we don’t hear as much about is leadership and the importance of nurturing a climate of honesty in the organization. It caused me to think about organizations and leaders I have known who have been the best at cultivating honesty. The challenge is this: in some organizations, the higher you are in the hierarchy, the less you know about the real truth related to processes and performance. (I know of one location where the off-quality product was hidden in the pond on the property to keep the CEO and other leadership from knowing about it.)
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