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Book SynopsisIn
Transparency, the authorsa powerhouse trio in the field of leadershiplook at what conspires against a culture of candor in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness. They explore the lightning-rod concept of transparencywhich has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector as well.
Together Bennis, Goleman, and O''Toole explore why the containment of truth is the dearest held value of far too many organizations and suggest practical ways that organizations, their leaders, their members, and their boards can achieve openness. After years of dedicating themselves to research and theory, at first separately, and now 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 flow of information and the structural imped
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Warren Bennis
1 Creating a culture of candor 1
Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, and Patricia Ward Biederman
2 Speaking truth to power 45
James O'Toole
3 The new transparency 93
Warren Bennis
Notes 123
The authors 129
