Here is a definition of honesty that I think every leader should read.  This isn’t my definition; I found it on the web, but I think it captures the essential nature of truth in communicating with others.

Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully related to truth  as a value. This includes listening, and any action in the human repertoire — as well as speaking.

Superficially, honesty means simply stating facts and views as best one truly believes them to be. It includes both honesty to others, and to oneself and about one’s own motives and inner reality. Honesty, at times, has the ability to cause misfortune to the person who displays it.

Source: Wikipedia www.wikipedia.com

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