Transparency: Creating a Culture of Candor

Daniel Goleman · James O'Toole · Warren Bennis

May 2008 · Ascent Audio · Narrated by Erik Synnestvedt

About this audiobook

In this brief and timely audiobook, best-selling authors and experts in their field look at what conspires against "a culture of candor" in organizations for disastrous results and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy honesty and openness.
In three separate essays the authors explore the lightening rod concept of "transparency" which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector.
The audiobook starts with a preface by Warren Bennis, followed by three essays:
The New Transparency
Speaking Truth to Power
Creating a Culture of Candor

About the author

Warren Bennis was born in the Bronx, New York on March 8, 1925. During World War II, he enlisted in the Army, completed officers' training, and became one of the youngest platoon leaders to serve in Europe. He was awarded both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He received a bachelor's degree from Antioch College in Ohio in 1951 and a doctorate in economics from M.I.T. As an educator, he taught organizational studies at Harvard University, Boston University, and the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He was a professor of business administration at The University of Southern California for more than 30 years. He wrote more than 30 books on leadership including On Becoming a Leader, Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge, and Why Leaders Can't Lead. He also wrote a memoir entitled Still Surprised. He advised several presidents and business executives on the essence of successful leadership including John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan and Howard D. Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks. Bennis died on July 31, 2014 at the age of 89. Daniel Goleman is codirector of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University; coauthor of Primal Leadership; and author of The Brain and Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, and A Force for Good.