Speaking only for myself and our teams, we DO share where we're going-- and why. And we ask them for feedback. We try to give them as much of the "backstory" that they want/need (in other words, we try to answer "why are we doing this?").

We do NOT share personal things w/our business team. And there are other things that we do not share-- our daily bank balance, applications for loans, current FICO scores, etc.

In other words, my life is not an open book to our team members.

But we do share with them our goals, and our passions-- if they are pertinent to what the team is working on.

We want them to have "ownership" of where we're going. We want them to "drive and steer the bus" with us.

Again, I don't really see myself as a leader of others. But I don't see myself as a follower, either.

I pretty much decide what direction I want to go in, and figure out how to do it.

And if I need others to help, I work on building a team.

The team knows that their work is integral to the success of all.

So besides "buying into the dream", there is peer pressure for all to succeed-- for all to steer in the same direction-- and for all to "pull their own weight".

Doesn't always work that way-- but when it does, it sure is sweet.

-Russ H.