Today's business environment demands managers with new interpersonal and leadership skills: an ability to get things done in the open, build real commitment to decisions, develop synergistic teams, openly discuss failures and successes, and learn from everyone's experience. Clear Leadership explores a fundamentally new way of thinking about people, human interaction, and the very nature of leadership to create a climate in which people are willing to speak and hear the truth.

Combating what the author calls interpersonal mush - a prevailing disorder that stifles learning, hampers collaborative teamwork, and closes down honest communication.