Permission to Speak Freely: How the Best Leaders Cultivate a Culture of Candor

Matt Kincaid · Doug Crandall

Mar 2017 · Berrett-Koehler Audio · Narrated by Wayne Shepherd

About this audiobook

Lead So Your People Speak Freely

Candid communication enhances innovation, ownership, engagement, and performance. The benefits of hearing questions and uncertainties, good and bad ideas, and honest feedback are game-changing. Yet research shows that most of the time, people never share their true thoughts with each other—and especially not with their leaders.

But what if they did? What if everyone could confidently communicate without fearing a negative response? In Permission to Speak Freely, highly acclaimed leader developers Doug Crandall and Matt Kincaid illustrate the benefits of candor, explain the inhibitors that cause it to feel unsafe, and provide tools for leaders to encourage their people and embed trust and openness into the foundation of their organizational culture.

About the author

Matthew Kincaid, PhD, is a business professor and the managing partner of Blue Rudder. He has led four start-ups, consulted for various Fortune 500 companies, and been published in international leadership journals.

Doug Crandall ‪is the founding partner of Blue Rudder, a leadership development consultancy. He has led in the US Army, taught at West Point, and helped develop and grow Walmart's Leadership Academy. Doug is the coauthor of Hope Unseen and the editor of Leadership Lessons from West Point.