> Cultures that allow for open honest transitions are better places to work and easier companies to manage. Executives and board members often talk the talk of

> Cultures that allow for open honest transitions are better places to work and easier companies to manage. Executives and board members often talk the talk of openness, transparency, honesty, and directness. But it is usually one way. They will not stand for having honest feedback directed at them. If you are an executive or board member, think about the last time someone directed critical feedback in your direction, asking you to take responsibility for a failure mode reverberating throughout an organization: - Did you listen, or did you lash out? - Did you think about your role, or did you blame someone else for being a bad leader? - If you pushed someone out, were you open to discussing the debate that led to it? Or did you actually prefer for everyone to just stay heads down and move on?