Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. ~Robin Morgan
I would add a caveat. Transparency is not always helpful but open, timely, effective communication is always helpful. It may not be wise to ‘spill the beans’ so to speak when making hard decisions, nor to make those without decision-making influence a part of the process. However… just as too much transparency is a bad idea, so is too little.
There is as much anxiety (often with the addition of anger) when people feel they are
There’s a definite skill to managing the balance between too much transparency and too little. Every person responsible for leading even one other person needs to learn it.
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