HOW TO GET THE BAD NEWS YOU NEED
Few Senior Executives think of
their Organizations as actively engaged in suppressing the flow of information
within the ranks. But if there aren’t policies and processes in place to
encourage employees in place to encourage employees to relay bad news or voice
dissent, Organizations are in effect encouraging their employees to keep vital
information under wraps. To lead effectively, Managers need information. When this
information doesn’t reach them, for whatever reason- their own resistance to
hearing it, employees covering up mistakes, Organizational Structures that
stymie information exchange- their effectiveness and that of their Organization
are diminished.
Here are four strategies that
Managers and Organizations can employ to break down common barriers to the
vital flow of information to those who need it.
