Breaking Corporate Silence: How High-Influence Leaders Create Cultures of Voice, SECOND EDITION

By: Dr. Rob Bogosian & Christine Mockler Casper

Corporate silence, when employees withhold important work-related information, is a crisis with devastating consequences. A decade ago, that cost was measured in lost productivity. Today, it is measured in lives, careers, and shareholder value erased overnight, as Theranos, Volkswagen, and Boeing's 737 MAX disasters have shown the world.

The stakes have only grown. Remote work has eliminated the cues leaders once relied on to sense what their teams were thinking. AI now drafts and recommends at scale, but it excels at the average answer and fails at surfacing the unpopular truth only a human voice can raise. Constant disruption has made it tempting to skip the slow work of soliciting dissent, even as the cost of getting it wrong has never been higher.

Leaders need guidance on their greatest resource: the voice of their workforce. A culture of voice, where employees have the confidence and trust to contribute fully, drives innovation, problem-solving, and competitive advantage.

Breaking Corporate Silence is essential reading. Leaders must understand their power and responsibility in building a culture of voice, so employees can contribute their ideas, concerns, and insights without fear.

This newly revised second edition, the first extensively researched book on this phenomenon, examines silence and voice through the lens of hybrid work, AI, and a workforce whose expectations have fundamentally shifted. It provides diagnostics to measure the cost of silence and a tested set of practices to engage and sustain employee voice, built on the authors' collective 55 years of research, coaching, and insight.

Product Details

• Page Count: 160 pages

• ISBN-13: 9781542299671 (Jacketed Hardcover) / 9781542291248 (Paperback)

• Book Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches