When you're the one steering the ship and the waters turn choppy, the call for transparency starts to sound a lot less simple. Here's why transparency can actually hurt your team in a crisis and how to handle it instead. And if you don't know yet, it's okay to say that. Transparency does not equal consensusOne of the biggest misconceptions about transparency is that it means everyone gets a vote. People need regular check-ins, but they don't need a tidal wave of info every time you get new input.