The best leaders engage in honest conversations and share necessary information with their teams. This includes openly discussing hard truths that lead to individual and team growth. Softening the truth or failing to share vital information can result in an incomplete understanding of performance and hinder developments. Leaders ought to be vulnerable, setting a tone for open communication. Although many shy away from delivering bad news, effective feedback has been shown to boost overall team performance, demonstrating the necessity of honesty in leadership.
The first is the softening of truths before they are shared with colleagues. Leaders at various levels share important information but spin, removing the key stats or leaving out crucial context to make the information seem better than it is.
The role of a leader is to develop the people on your team and help them reach their full potential. They cannot grow if they don't experience the pains that lead to growth, and that means having hard conversations.
Broadly speaking, no one wants the bad news, and no one wants to give it, but 92 percent of respondents agree that negative feedback, if delivered appropriately, is effective at improving performance.
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