Are Your Values Off the Wall?

Are Your Values Off the Wall?

Performance, Purpose

If I were to walk into your company today, where would I find your corporate values? Are they tucked in a bookshelf next to the Employee Handbook? Are they under the protective custody of HR? Are they engraved in plaques on the wall? Regardless of where your values are documented, filed, or engraved, they are little more than empty platitudes if your leaders are not modeling them through their daily behaviors. Instead of hanging on the walls, your values should be walking the halls. (more…)

5 Reasons to Rethink the Social Responsibility of Business in 2015

The Power of Stories in High Performing Cultures

People, Performance

The strongest organizations in the world achieve sustainable success largely because they understand the value of culture as a competitive advantage.

Let’s face it. Culture can be hard to define and difficult to measure. Senior executives tend to shy away from investing in initiatives with fuzzy ROI. Yet, whether you measure it or not, you have a culture. It may be empowering or toxic. Either way, the results are showing up on your bottom line.

(more…)