Leadership Transparency Vs. Exposed Leadership...Do you know the difference? As leaders, we are facing a crisis because, unless you’ve been living in your mom's basement for the last decade or so, you will know that there’s a massively growing distrust of anyone in a leadership position. Nowhere is this more obvious than in government.

2. As leaders, we are facing a crisis
because there’s a massively growing
distrust of anyone in a leadership
position. Nowhere is this more
obvious than in government.
@TheDovBaron

3. @TheDovBaron
It seems a majority of people no
longer trust the government and, in
fact, often assume the government
is flat-out lying about everything.

4. @TheDovBaron
Well, to explain, I need to talk a bit about
leadership transparency. Transparency
means that the leader is open rather than
covert, seen as not having secrets, is
congruent with his or her speech and actions.
Transparency naturally facilitates trust.

5. The good news (or bad news
depending on what side of the fence
you sit) is that we live in the age of the
Internet, and it doesn’t take long for any
of those cover-ups to be exposed.
@TheDovBaron

6. That being said let’s make no
mistake—being exposed isn’t the same
as being transparent, there is a vast
difference!
@TheDovBaron

7. When a leader is transparent, (before
exposure) their faults and failures are freely
admitted and from that comes a shared
vulnerability which in turn leads to trust.
@TheDovBaron

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9. On the other hand, when a leader is
exposed, their faults and failures are
magnified and as a result, any trust they
might have garnered evaporates faster
than a snowball in hell.
@TheDovBaron

10. As a leader today you are operating in a social
media exposing business environment.
So what can you do so that you don’t fall victim to
the loss of trust and the scandals that come from
being exposed?
@TheDovBaron

11. Read the full article:
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12. I eagerly anticipate your
feedback and comments.
With gratitude,
Dov Baron
fullmontyleadership.com