Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

The Power of OPEN COMMUNICATION In Building TEAM TRUST

2 May 2023 · 0 min

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A short spoken segment from Cameron Herold advising against blind carbon copying (BCC) teammates in email without disclosure. Herold argues that secretly BCCing colleagues signals behind-the-scenes secrecy, undermines trust within teams, and does more harm than good; he recommends explicitly stating when you have BCC'd someone.

Stop blind carbon copying people unless you say in the email that you're bccing them. Don't blind carbon copy another person on the team because they realize you're then telling a secret about someone in the thread and then they wonder who you're telling secrets about them. Blind carbon copying, when you don't call it out actually helps destroy trust in your organization, and it's hurting you way more than it's helping you.