Category Archives: Sharing Information

Heart to Heart Talks – Three Steps to Discuss the Elephant in the Room

Posted on October 14, 2012 by

At the root of many of our interpersonal or team conflicts is a failure to communicate. Sometimes the problem is that information isn’t shared broadly enough and people become resentful because they weren’t included. Other times we say things that … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenging Conversations, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Feedback, Listening, Relationships, Repairing Trust, Sharing Information, Teamwork, Transparency, Vulnerability | 36 Comments

Four Strategies to Increase Organizational Trust and Transparency

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

In today’s fast-paced, globally-connected business world in which we live, an organization’s successes and failures can be tweeted across the internet in a matter of seconds. A knee jerk reaction of many organizational leaders is to clamp down on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Decision-Making, Leadership, Sharing Information, Transparency, Trust | 16 Comments

Are Your People Ready to Stage an “Occupy” Protest? Four Ways to Build a High-Trust Culture

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

If given the chance, would the people in your organization stage an “Occupy” protest? Do they have feelings of inequity, spawned by the perception that the top 1% in your organization receive a disproportionate amount of the rewards at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Compensation, Decision-Making, Ethics, Fairness, Greed, Integrity, Leadership, Occupy Movement, Relationships, Sharing Information, Transparency, Trust | 2 Comments