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In Transparency, the authors–a powerhouse trio in the field of leadership–check out what conspires against "a culture of candor" in organizations to set-up disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can perform healthy and honest openness. They explore the lightning-rod concept of "transparency"–which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings however in government and the public sector as well. Together Bennis, Goleman, and O'Toole explore why the containment of reality is the dearest held value of far too many organizations and suggest practical ways that organizations, their leaders, their members, and their boards can perform openness. After years of dedicating themselves to research and theory, initially separately, and today jointly, these three leadership giants reveal the multifaceted importance of candor and show what promotes transparency and what hinders it. They describe how leaders often stymie the move of information and the structural impediments that keep information from getting where it requires to visit. This essential resource is written for any organization–business, government, and nonprofit–that has to achieve a culture of candor, truth, and transparency.
