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A leader wants to be more transparent with the team. What should they share?
Good news and bad news, quickly and often.
- Only bad news, so nobody is surprised
- Nothing until the work is finished
- Both good and bad news, as it happens ✔
Why: Transparency does not mean all bad news, all the time. Sharing wins as fast as problems lifts morale and shows progress, and keeping people posted builds trust between leaders and the team.
Huh, didn't know that: The reading also says people won't pick up what leaders want them to know by osmosis: tell them clearly and often.
Why did the weather balloon share every update? It liked to keep everyone up in the air.
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Answer: Both good and bad news, as it happens. Transparency does not mean all bad news, all the time. Sharing wins as fast as problems lifts morale and shows progress, and keeping people posted builds trust between leaders and the team.
- Learn to Lead, Volume 4: Strategic Perspectives, reading 13.4, The New Look of Transparency (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Volume_4_Web_4028F891F0A14.pdf
When you disseminate positive developments as quickly as you do negative ones
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