Honesty and transparency, 2 undermined qualites leaders should not be scared of.

Today, I was let down by a so-called leader.

I am sure that this head of department has the technical skills and a great knowledge to share with his teams.

However, it’s NOT because you have the technical skills that you are a leader.

Without soft skills, you only are an overqualified technician.

This person lets me down 3 weeks only before a main event I am org#anizing.

. I DON’T mind the fact he has decided that his agenda was not aligned with mine anymore.

. I DO mind the fact he had not informed me about his change of priorities. Had I not asked today, I would have been in a more serious situation on the week of the event.

Being honest is not a weakness.

• It doesn’t mean that you have to share your whole life with everyone.

• It doesn’t mean that you have to cry on your collaborators’ shoulders to be seen as more human.

• It doesn’t mean that you put your position at risk by granting access to people to more information about yourself.

It means you are transparent when your actions impact others.

It means you understand the consequences of the decisions you make and that you are confident enough to share them with everyone else that will be impacted.

It means you acknowledge the trust your teams have for you.

Being honest is an investment!

I can coach you to:

• Understand what needs to chance in your communication style
• Set up a new communication style based on more transparency
• Decide the boundaries of what you want to communicate more openly about
• Get ready to coach your teams to communicate more openly
• Check whether your leadership style could benefit from a different communication style