Are leaders told the whole truth?

Posted by CatarinasWorld under Startups
From http://catarinasworld.com 4686 days ago

The truth is hard to find, not least if you are in charge. Your colleagues will frequently, consiously or not, give you the answer they believe you want. How do you overcome the fact that your colleagues are to some extent reliant on you and enable openness?

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Written by yoni67
4686 days ago

Leaders never want the whole truth. It gives them a safety net call "plausible deniability."

Definition: "refers to the denial of blame in loose and informal chains of command where upper rungs quarantine the blame to the lower rungs, and the lower rungs are often inaccessible, meaning confirming responsibility for the action is nearly impossible. In the case that illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any awareness of such act or any connection to the agents used to carry out such acts."

A favorite amony CEOs and politicians!

Yoni

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