Only 50% of U.S. workers believe their employer is open and upfront with them. This is a good example of how much power and impact transparency has. See what are the benefits of transparency at work and learn how to increase it in 5 easy steps.

1. REASONS WHY YOU NEED MORE
TRANSPARENCY AT WORK

2. Only 50% of U.S. workers
believe
their employer is open and
upfront with them

3. Transparency is operating
in such a way that it is
easy for others to see
what actions are
performed.
Transparency is operating in
such a way that it is easy for
others to see what actions are
performed.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
OF TRANSPARENCY?

4. When information is
shared openly, hierarchy
lowers and culture
improves.
1. CULTURE

5. 2. ENGAGEMENT
Engagement automatically
increases as people will
better understand the
reasons behind different
choices and decisions.

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One of the side effects of
transparency is
increased autonomy,
which improves overall
motivation, speed and
efficiency of the
organisation.
3. AUTONOMY

7. 4. CHANGE
Organisational change is
easier when everybody
shares the same reality via
transparency.

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9. 5. ACCOUNTABILITY
Transparency highlights
issues and encourages
people to find solutions.
People want to keep their
peers accountable and
also recognize them
when they do good work.
5. ACCOUNTABILITY

10. 6. AGILITY
Organisations can respond to
market changes much faster
when they are agile and built
on informed, empowered,
proactive and thinking
individuals.

11. Transparency improves
self control and less
costly formal control
mechanisms are needed.
7. POSITIVE CONTROL

12. 8. PROBLEM SOLVING
Transparency provides all the
necessary information in
order to increase the speed,
efficiency and quality of
decision making.

13. People want to know
what drives the company
they are working for,
what its long term goals
are and how they will be
involved in achieving
these objectives.
9. ALIGNMENT

14. 10. PERFORMANCE
The sum of preceding points
equals improved performance
in all levels of the
organisation

15. How to increase transparency in 5 easy steps?
1 Set, share, monitor and align goals in every level of
the organisation. Use Objectives and Key Results.
2 Share info concerning operations, sales and
business results, product updates etc.
3 Hold weekly or daily status update meetings.
Also, use Kanban boards or public dashboards.
4 Communicate problems early and brainstorm
solutions as a team.
5 Use an online tool to report progress and quickly
know what your co-workers are doing.

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17. 7 PRODUCTIVITY
LIFEHACKS
10 INFOGRAPHICS
THAT MAKE YOU
MORE PRODUCTIVE
AT WORK
9 UNIQUE TRAITS OF
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
TEAMS
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