Be the Model Set a consistent example Our teams want to know what to expect and that they can trust the organization and its leaders to provide a stable environment where they can grow and excel. When leaders model standards of practice, they establish stable expectations for everyone in the organization.
Exercising Values Check your pulse An organization’s values define it in a way that nothing else does. They determine how an organization will pursue its purpose. Values define what’s important to you and are tools to guide and change behavior.
Standards and Values Communicate what's most important and critical Developing standards of practice is one way to bring values to life in organizations. In this video, a community college human resources director explains how having a set of standards has transformed their organization.
Walking the Halls Imitation is flattering and real. Making values come alive in an organization includes intentional steps of keeping them at the forefront of communications and actions.
Organizational Culture Most of us know Peter Drucker’s famous line, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Chances are, anyone leading in the last 20 years would emphatically agree with the sentiment (Alton, 2017). To get to the strategy,…