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Turn Your Values Into Standards

THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT AT THE LEVEL OF PLATITUDES

Every organization has values. The challenge, however, is that these are usually different from those written on the poster. To cite an infamous example, Enron’s espoused values were communication, respect, excellence and, you guessed it, integrity!

There’s no disagreement at the level of platitudes. This may shock you, but I’ve never seen a values statement that says, “we aspire to lie, cheat, steal, slander and pillage.” The challenge is to move from high-level agreement on your values to a deep-level of alignment on the expected standards of behaviour.

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