Book Jill → 303.999.9224 | jill@jillchristensenintl.com

Jill Christensen International – Employee Engagement Expert Jill Christensen International – Employee Engagement Expert
  • BIO
  • SPEAKING
  • Clients
  • BOOKS
  • BLOG
  • Reviews
  • CONNECT
Back
  • BIO
  • SPEAKING
  • Clients
  • BOOKS
  • BLOG
  • Reviews
  • CONNECT
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Uncategorized
  • Can You be Too Transparent, Senior Leaders?

Uncategorized

07 Apr

Can You be Too Transparent, Senior Leaders?

  • By Jill Christensen
Senior Leaders

At the Westport, Connecticut-based hedge fund Bridgewater Associates — the world’s largest, with $169 billion in assets — meetings are filmed and made available to the 1,500 employees. Employees rate each other’s performance using proprietary apps to publicly display averages for each person and criticizing colleagues behind their backs will get you fired.

The foundation for this culture is senior leader, Ray Dalio.  He admits that the culture is not for everyone.  The attrition rate during an employee’s first 18 months is 25 percent – one in four employees doesn’t last over a year and a half.

In a recent interview, Dalio explained why it can be difficult adapting to his company’s culture, “Most people have a hard time confronting their weaknesses and speaking frankly to others.  Some people love knowing about their weaknesses and mistakes, and those of others, because it helps them be better, while others can’t stand it.  So we end up with a lot of people who leave quickly and a lot of people who wouldn’t want to work anywhere else.”

In my new book – If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement – I talk about the importance of creating an open and honest culture, where everyone is candid and transparent.  Bridgewater Associates may take this to the extreme, but I give their senior leaders credit for giving us an option to the millions of company cultures where you are punished if you speak up and where performance issues are swept under the rug.

My guess is that the employees who choose to stay at Bridgewater Associates are not miserable and disengaged, but trust senior leaders and are emotionally committed to the organization.   Does this describe your culture?  If not, let’s talk.  There’s a simple four-step process that you can implement, senior leaders and Human Resources professionals, to create a culture where people soar, so you company soars.

Jill Christensen

Leave A Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

 

SUBSCRIBE NOW

In the U.S., text JILL to 44144 to become a free VIP Member of #CultureNation. Outside the U.S., JOIN NOW to receive exclusive content.

Recent Posts

  • Gen Z is Having an Enormous Impact on Companies
  • Why Worker Surveillance is Backfiring on Employers
  • Middle Managers Are at Their Breaking Point. But Why?
  • Slash Careers: What You Need to Know as a Manager
  • THIS is Southwest’s Biggest Problem

Archives

  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015

Follow Me

  • 0Comments
  • 35Users
  • 355Posts

CONTACT JILL

1-303-999-9224

jill@jillchristensenintl.com

Goodyear, Arizona, USA

Jill Christensen Logo

Connect With Jill

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Youtube

JOIN #CULTURENATION

In the U.S., text JILL to 44144 to become a free VIP Member of #CultureNation. Outside the US, Join Now to receive exclusive content.

Copyright © 2022

Are you ready to FINALLY create a workplace culture in 2023 that employees idolize... and get measurable results in six months?Then Join Jill in the Employee Engagement Academy.
Join Jill

No thanks, I’m not interested!