Thanks for your comment, John.  I took this away:" I think that leaders who want to grow their culture to grow their employees have to really take the lead by modeling open and honest communication. Sometimes employees are afraid to grow, maybe because of past experiences, and sometimes they just need encouragement."

I coach managers all the time on how to be leaders. It's interesting that they want to demonstrate leadership, but don't always know how. They want engagement, but don't know to handle belligerence or anything but agreement. Too many managers just keep talking because they are afraid they can't handle what they hear back. What's a recipe for disengagement. The only way they CAN get that open and honest communication you mention is to learn to deal with whatever they hear back.  http://www.reimaginework.com/stop-talking/

Thanks for responding!