“I was at a meeting the other day and someone got up and said, ‘When you’re the boss, you’ve got to make sure that you have at least one person around who is a truth teller.’  And I got up later and I said, ‘One?  If there were seven around me and six weren’t, I’d fire them.  They should all be truth tellers.’”

–JP Morgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon on the Charlie Rose Show, Monday July 7th. 

Amidst the financial services meltdown, many say Dimon, more frankly than most, is shining a light on the harsh realities.

As a leader, ask yourself these three questions:

• Are you a truth teller?
• Do you surround yourself with truth tellers?
• Are you listening to what they have to say?

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