Book description
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 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. Warren Bennis is Distinguished Professor of
Business Administration and founding chairman of The Leadership
Institute at the University of Southern California. He also serves as
chairman of the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Leadership at
Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is the
author or coauthor of numerous books, including Judgment and On
Becoming a Leader.
Daniel Goleman authored the best-selling books Emotional Intelligence
and Primal Leadership. He is codirector of the Consortium for Research
on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, based at Rutgers University.
James O'Toole?is the Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business
Ethics at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. He
is the author of seventeen books, including The Executive's Compass,
Creating the Good Life, and Leading Change.
