Monday Memos: 30 Memos for Your WorkplaceShembull

"Can Your Company See Clearly?"

Openness and transparency—are they a question of culture and leadership style or a spiritual mandate? Control is often an illusion. Those who are too controlling move people from commitment to mere compliance and often to passive if not overt resistance.

Openness, transparency, and free communication come with a set of risks, which are far outweighed by the trust and positive productivity they engender. Engagement to a clear vision and open communication are a powerful cultural mix.

Innovation, creativity, customer service, and productivity are all increased in an environment of trust and empowerment. If people don’t know what’s going on, they will make it up anyway; they might as well talk about what is really happening.

Quick Prayer: Jesus, help me to open up and be secure in You and more open with others. Amen.

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