Read any employee review on Glassdoor.com or elsewhere and you’ll undoubtedly see a consistent refrain from current and former employees to management – “Be More Transparent.” You’ll also hear the same thing from advisory and corporate boards, albeit a bit more pointed: “Give us the full story damnit!”
But do people really want more transparency or simply the respect and trust that are engendered when transparency is provided??
Let’s look at this from two different perspectives…