One of ten books in the Executive Presence series. Notice the word TRANSPARENCY on the book’s cover. You can see through the word, just as you can see through transparent people. Transparency means letting people see what lies under your surface, what you are thinking and why you do the things you do. The only constant in life is change. When there is change in any organization, transparency is a must. People want to know what’s going on around them. For a leader, transparency means sharing the right information in the right way, at the right time, with the right people. The currency of leadership is credibility. The more people trust your motives and intentions, the more influence you will build with them. Being transparent about these things is how you can increase their sense of trust.
