Thank you for the feedback on the previous post on values, quite a few of you had come back with questions on the impact of values on organizational performance. One of the other popular questions that we hear is “Our organizational core values are not clearly defined. How do we go about doing that?” Let’s try to address that. First things first, core values are not what you want your organization to have, it is what the organization already has – as part of its fundamental structure. Jim Collins talks about a few interesting value defining exercises in his website, Aligning action and values. You can also watch some very interesting video/audio on the same subject here. It is good to have your people practice the core tenets of integrity, collaboration and teamwork, but if those are the organization’s core values, there is a need to drill down deeper to understand how these represent what the company stands for in its most fundamental form.
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