{"id":8339,"date":"2017-03-14T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnews.hult.edu\/?p=8339"},"modified":"2022-03-16T09:53:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:53:54","slug":"speaking-truth-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking truth to power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em>Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Most leaders are blind to the fact that people cannot speak up to them, and as a result are missing out on vital intelligence which could affect their company\u2019s success or even survival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is one of the key findings from a new research report, \u2018Being Silenced and Silencing Others: Developing the capacity to speak truth to power\u2019, published today by Ashridge Executive Education at Hult International Business School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The research suggests that people at the top of organisations often have an inflated idea of how easy it is for others to speak honestly to them.\u00a0 They naively assume that well-meaning initiatives, such as leadership lunches, or phrases like \u2018my door is always open\u2019, will encourage employees to tell them what they need to know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the rest of the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/03\/the-problem-with-saying-my-door-is-always-open#comment-section\">Harvard Business Review\u00a0<\/a>or download the report.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Find out more about the Ashridge Executive Education programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/executive-education\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Step up your game with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/executive-education\/\">executive education<\/a> at Ashridge agile business school. To find out more, take a look at our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/learning-lead-3-days-ashridge\/\">Learning to Lead: 3 Days at Ashridge<\/a>, or firm up your exec career footing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/masters\/international-business\/\">Masters in International Business<\/a> from Hult. Download a brochure or get in touch today to find out how Hult can help you learn everything about the business world, the future, and yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins. Most leaders are blind to the fact that people cannot speak up to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[114],"tags":[212],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Speaking truth to power | Hult International Business School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speaking truth to power | Hult International Business School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hult International Business School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hult\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-14T15:18:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-16T09:53:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1364\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Hult_Business\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Hult_Business\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hult International Business School\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hult\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hultbusinessschool\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/hult\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hult\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hult_Business\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hult-social-profile.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hult-social-profile.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Hult International Business School\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Hult International Business School\",\"description\":\"The latest insights and stories from Hult International Business School\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1364,\"caption\":\"truth\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/\",\"name\":\"Speaking truth to power | Hult International Business School\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-14T15:18:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-16T09:53:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Speaking truth to power\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7f7a50e0dd844a2ac9cb6d02e036841\"},\"headline\":\"Speaking truth to power\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-14T15:18:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-16T09:53:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"executive education\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Thought leadership\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7f7a50e0dd844a2ac9cb6d02e036841\",\"name\":\"Hult News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logo-100x100.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logo-100x100.png\",\"caption\":\"Hult News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Speaking truth to power | Hult International Business School","description":"Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Speaking truth to power | Hult International Business School","og_description":"Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/","og_site_name":"Hult International Business School","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hult","article_published_time":"2017-03-14T15:18:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-16T09:53:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1364,"url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Hult_Business","twitter_site":"@Hult_Business","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#organization","name":"Hult International Business School","url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hult","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hultbusinessschool\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/hult\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hult","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hult_Business"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hult-social-profile.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hult-social-profile.png","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"Hult International Business School"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/","name":"Hult International Business School","description":"The latest insights and stories from Hult International Business School","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg","width":2000,"height":1364,"caption":"truth"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/","name":"Speaking truth to power | Hult International Business School","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2017-03-14T15:18:14+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-16T09:53:54+00:00","description":"Based on Research published by Ashridge Associate Professor Megan Reitz and Independent Researcher and Consultant, John Higgins.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Speaking truth to power"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7f7a50e0dd844a2ac9cb6d02e036841"},"headline":"Speaking truth to power","datePublished":"2017-03-14T15:18:14+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-16T09:53:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#webpage"},"wordCount":240,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-wp.jpg","keywords":["executive education"],"articleSection":["Thought leadership"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/speaking-truth-to-power\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a7f7a50e0dd844a2ac9cb6d02e036841","name":"Hult News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logo-100x100.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logo-100x100.png","caption":"Hult News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8339"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27510,"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339\/revisions\/27510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}