The concept of complete transparency at work is a relatively new phenomenon across U.S. offices. Younger generations of workers grew up with all the information in the world at their fingertips, and expect their organizations to be open and honest, too. But is a lack of transparency to blame when employees aren’t productive? BetterWorks recently commissioned a survey with Wakefield Research, and the results revealed a strong link between transparency and worker productivity. Sixty-four percent of employees believe their company’s leadership team isn’t completely transparent when communicating top goals. An increase in visibility and transparency, 37 percent of respondents said, would spur their performance.
