Strong Suit 187: How Transparent Should You Be With Your Staff?


Is it even possible to be TOO transparent with your team?
What does vulnerability mean to you? What does an open-compensation business look like? Do you show your staff the cap table of your company?
Transparency has pro’s & con’s. So I sought out an expert on the matter.
And I found him… in San Francisco
Alex Salkever has been a technology editor at BusinessWeek, a vice president of marketing at Mozilla, and a visiting scholar at Duke University.
He’s also author of 2 acclaimed books: “The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future” and “The Immigrant Exodus: Why America is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent”
In this 20-min episode, Alex & I answer the question: How transparent should you be with your staff?

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