Organizational or personal values describe HOW we operate. Many organizations claim to follow certain values because they list them on their websites, or they are on a poster in their offices.

However, many employees will say their organization has values published, but admit those companies do not live by them. Why?  I believe there are two reasons:

1. The values are not defined. In other words, no one ever lays out exactly what each value looks like in practice.
2. The values are not consistently communicated. Organizations and individuals must be marinated in their values consistently to make them part of their character..

From July 2 through July 9 I will be reposting 4 of the first 12 blogs I ever wrote.  They are the topics that seemed to resonate with a lot of people.  This is the third in that series.  I am taking a weeklong break to begin working on my first book.  I will return with new content on July 11. Continue Reading…