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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4038
EAN num: 9780470278765
ISBN number: 0470278765
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 144
Printing Date: June 13, 2008
Publishing house: Jossey-Bass
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In Transparency, the authors–a powerhouse trio in the field of leadership–look 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 'transparency'–which 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 very 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 impediments that keep information from getting where it needs to go. This vital resource is written for any organization–business, government, and nonprofit–that must achieve a culture of candor, truth, and transparency.
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The three essays in this book should be read by everyone in a leadership or managererial role. THe authors point out ways to create culture's of candor - open, honest, and forthright organizations - something that has been getting more rare as time goes on. Personally I believe that this book should be on the required reading list for eah and every member of the new Obama Administration.
I especially liked the quote from Francis Bacon: "If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin in doubts, he will end in certainties." and the one from Martin Luther King Jr.: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Both of these appear in the second essay on speaking truth to power and it is in this area that I believe the most work is needed. Far too many folks in power believe that they have the answers and won't accept any others. If they read this they might see the error of thier ways.
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This book does an excellent job of explaining not only why you SHOULDN'T hoard or cover up negative information about yourself or your company, but why you CAN NOT. Great book. Highly recommended.
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An excellent book by three of my favorite authors. A bit of a Democratic bias in how they select their stories from my point of view . . . but good stuff for today's and tomorrow's leaders.
The book could have been better balanced between the sad stories of leaders who were not transparent and those on the other side who smear people without fear of reprecussion. Bloggers are not all automatically good guys.
So many good lines and good points . . . I will make slides to use in my subsequent seminar. Bennis and Goleman have been most helpful in my career as a leader and consultant.
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This book sounds interesting but there is no Kindle edition, so I won't be buying it.
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the book is simply written with the usual wisdom that these authors/consultants bring to bear.
Easy to read and totally enjoyable
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