BLUF

Truthfulness is essential for functioning workplaces. When managers get untruthful, a careful or half-answer; it could be subordinates engaging in self-protection. Managers need subordinates to believe they won’t be judged, shamed, or punished for speaking up.
Leraning Outcomes:
  • Describe the psychology underpinning people being untruthful at work
  • Describe how the Safety Cycle lowers the cost of candor and raises the reward.
  • Develop strategies to create the conditions where hard truths can be shared and heard

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