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# Next Generation Leadership
## [The Question Underneath the Question](https://blog.deettajones.com/the-question-underneath-the-question)
[organizational culture](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/organizational-culture), [leadership communication](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/leadership-communication), [Culture](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/culture), [Building Trust](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/building-trust), [Human-Centered Performance](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/human-centered-performance), [Organizational Capacity](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/organizational-capacity), [Becoming](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/becoming), [communication](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/communication)
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This week I've been thinking about what people are really asking for when they ask for more communication. Every engagement survey says some version of the same thing. We want more transparency. More communication. More trust. We want to feel engaged. Leaders read those results and do the reasonable thing — they add. Another all-hands. A monthly update. A new channel. More words, sent more often,...
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## [The Difference Between Information and Orientation](https://blog.deettajones.com/the-difference-between-information-and-orientation)
[organizational culture](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/organizational-culture), [leadership communication](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/leadership-communication), [Culture](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/culture), [Building Trust](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/building-trust), [Human-Centered Performance](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/human-centered-performance), [Organizational Capacity](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/organizational-capacity), [Becoming](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/becoming), [communication](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/communication)
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I was in a room a few months ago with a leadership team that had done everything right. They had dashboards. They had a real strategic plan — a good one. Quarterly OKRs. An engagement survey with an 80-something percent response rate. A data team that could pull any number you asked for in about four minutes. And when I asked them one simple question — "Where is this organization right now?" — I...
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