Always say transparency is the wrong word here. Regularly people can see right through situations and people.

What is required is accountability - taking responsibility for your own and the team's performance in delivering exactly what?

Too often people are transparent, adding nothing and simply relaying. This is not management nor true leadership. As a manager, when asked to do something, you may well have to question rather than transfer orders. Differences appearing in terms of other terms regularly used in management positions - Coordinator? Often do not hear Supervisor. Team Leader under/alongside Project Director? Sound familiar?