Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

Unlocking Team Potential: The Power of Transparency

22 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this reflective video, the speaker recounts completing the six‑month Girls Club sales‑management leadership program. While the program affirmed many of his existing team‑building practices, it exposed a shortfall: he was not fully leveraging transparency. He realized that true transparency goes beyond merely sharing goals and listening—it requires openly revealing one’s own aspirations and failures. By disclosing his personal journey to become less risk‑averse and to push his own boundaries, he prompted his team members to share their own goals, even those outside of work. This mutual openness created a richer understanding of each team member, enabling the leader to provide more tailored support and unlock greater team potential.

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I went through something that was called Girls Club, and that's a sales management leadership program. It's 6 months and you do some training. And as part of that, I realized that I had some good foundations for things I was doing with my team, but I really wasn't coming fully across. Like I wasn't stepping up my team as much as I wanted to. Like one of the things that we learned there was about transparency. And this one's kind of weird a little bit because I always thought that I was a transparent leader because honesty is built into everything I do. But I realized with transparency, it's not just sharing your goals and listening to people. It's also about you being open about your own goals and your own failures. And so letting my team know that I was on a journey to become less risk-averse, that I was trying to learn new things and push my own boundaries. I really got a great response from my team about them then opening up about some of their own goals, including some of the ones outside of work. And that gave me a better opportunity to support them.