Have you ever worked with people who keep important information to themselves?
Maybe they leave their team in the dark or don’t fully share updates with business partners. It’s more common than we’d like to admit.
But why do people do this? Why would someone choose not to share something that could help the team, strengthen a partnership or move a project forward?
Here are just a few reasons:
- Ego – A belief that holding the cards gives them control.
- Insecurity – Fear of losing value if others know as much as they do.
- Lack of trust – They assume others will misuse or steal the information.
- Old habits – In many corporate cultures, secrecy was once seen as normal.
But here’s the truth I live by: What is mine, will come to me. What belongs to me, will find me.
You don’t have to hide to protect.
You don’t have to compete to succeed.
And you don’t have to shrink so others don’t grow.
We’re in a new era of leadership – one that values transparency, collaboration and emotional intelligence, where people prosper when they feel informed and included.
Let’s build work cultures and relationships based on openness, respect and generosity.
Because the truth is – no one can take what’s truly yours.
