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Hailley Griffis is the Head of Communications and Content at Buffer, a social media management software aimed at helping creators and small businesses build their brands. She’s also a co-host of MakeWorkWork, a podcast about career growth, creative work, and striving to be better.Hailley is a leader who lives and breathes transparency. One of the benefits of leading with transparency, ultimately it creates an environment for open, honest, and genuine conversations. This results in people feeling heard, leading to greater job satisfaction, and a level of engagement that most organizations can only dream of. If leading with transparency is this good, why not more leaders do it? That’s a question you can answer for yourself whilst listening to Hailley share how to lead with transparency.Discussion Points00:00 Introduction01:19 What is transparency03:06 Environment of transparency04:22 Dangers with transparency05:11 Risks of transparency07:22 Biggest challenge11:38 Filtering transparency16:05 Transparent leadership day20:15 Transparency linking to trust24:57 Can you be too transparent?26:39 When has oversharing been too transparent come back and smashed you in the face?28:09 Areas of the business that are maybe not touchable around transparency30:11 Buffer’s remote organization32:06 Transparency and leaders of the organization36:28 Frustration around business38:06 Encouraging transparency40:35 Transparent with life, family and friends45:03 Publish salaries47:45 Power of transparent leadership49:15 Getting on this journey of transparency51:12 Transparency takes a lot of work53:59 What has made Hailley a more confident leader?56:56 Takeaways*FREE GUIDE* 10 Strategies to be a BETTER LEADER: https://brendan-rogers.mykajabi.com/better-leader– LINKS –(When available, we use affiliate links and may earn a commission!)*** PRODUCTS WE LOVE *** (and use!)✅ Castos Podcast Hosting, Production & Analytics: https://brendanrogers.com.au/recommends/castos/✅ reMarkable 2 – Brendan’s Note Taking tablet: https://brendanrogers.com.au/recommends/remarkable/✅ Riverside.fm Online recording studio: https://brendanrogers.com.au/recommends/riverside-fm/✅ Primal Video Accelerator Program: https://brendanrogers.com.au/recommends/primal-video-accelerator/Subscribe to The Culture of Things podcast:Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3oPVZhUSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2LvUjvIGoogle Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3aZlglJStitcher: https://bit.ly/3suluHNCastro: https://bit.ly/3yILSRoPocket Casts: https://bit.ly/34nqOSzPodchaser: https://bit.ly/2SxL15FiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/3xVl4fwDeezer: https://bit.ly/3w1gvibPodcast Addict: https://bit.ly/3hiY3w7ResourcesBrendan Rogers Website (https://brendanrogers.com.au/​)Brendan Rogers LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjrogers01/​)The Culture of Things Podcast Website (https://brendanrogers.com.au/podcast/​)The Culture of Things LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-culture-of-things-podcast/)The Culture of Things Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/tcotpodcast​)The Culture of Things Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tcot_brendanrogers/)Hailley Griffis’ Website (https://www.hailleygriffis.com/)Hailley Griffis’ Twitter (https://twitter.com/hailleymari)DISCLOSURE: We often link to products & services we regularly use and think you might find helpful. Wherever possible we use referral links. This means, if you click one of the links and make a purchase we may receive a small commission or other compensation. We’re fans of Amazon, and many of our links to products are links to those products on Amazon. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and related sites.