Good Morning,
Today, I am thinking about this thing called "fully transparent". We are always being told we need to be more transparent. Being in leadership, it seems everyone wants to know the details of everything we are doing, thinking of doing or just exploring possibilities of doing. They are demanding immediate responses to emails or social media posts. Not only that but many want an active voice and are truly upset if a decision, large or small, has been made without their opportunity to voice their opinion and/or convince others to follow along.
After writing and rewriting this message over and over, I have decided to list a few questions and encouraging you to respond based on your experience or what you have found to be effective approaches to the matter. Rather than providing my thoughts, I am asking each of you to ask the question about your business, your community involvement, committees, boards, or anything else where you are involved as a leader.
- How much of what we are doing should be public knowledge and why so?
- Should those on our committees etc. have full knowledge of everything we are doing, contemplating doing, or researching?
- Where and how do we involve others as we begin exploring something?
- How do we determine who gets involved and when?
- In today’s open society, is any executive decision, large or small, practical?
- How are we handling this era of more and more transparency with everything we say or do?
- What other thoughts do you have as we all deal with this issue?
If you are asking how this fits in with the theme for today, remember we are asking for more and more transparency in literally all life situations. With that comes consequences and, maybe, significant changes with how we live our lives, what we are able to say and what we are able to do.
Email me your thoughts and I will use them in another Attitude Is Everything in a week or so. I will keep your name confidential.
Thanks,
Jim
