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Activating Your Core Values: Part One

Part of building a strong culture is having solid core values. Your core values can build cohesiveness and teamwork while setting the tone for how you treat people. But, only if they're adopted by employees. ...
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The Value of Core Values

For a long time, I didn’t understand the value of core values. It wasn’t until I started writing them for companies that I could see how they can influence success. First and foremost, your values guide how ...
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The Four Types of Corporate Values

In today's post-pandemic environment, having clear corporate values has become increasingly important. Your customers and employees want to know what you believe and whether their beliefs align with yours. This is an important part of ...
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15 Ways to Keep Your Values Top of Mind

Clarity around where your business is going (vision) and the character of your business (values) are the foundation of your culture. They're also important for attracting and retaining your best talent.  Recently, I offered a few ...
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Writing Clearer Corporate Values

Over the years, I've written a lot about the value of having a clear purpose, mission and vision. Knowing where your business is going and why it exists is pivotal. Lately, however, I've been keying ...
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Does Your Mission and Vision Still Hold Up?

When is the last time you pulled out your mission, vision and values statements to see if they’re still relevant?  If you haven’t done this in the last three to six months, now might be ...
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Is Your Strategic Plan Destined for Failure?

Did you know the majority of strategic planning fails? Apparently, the research is pretty grim and shows strategic planning fails two-thirds of the time. YIKES! This sounds like terrible news for my business, where I ...
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The Secret to a Solid Strategic Plan

Strategic planning…do you love it or hate it? I feel like most people have pretty strong feelings around writing a strategic plan. I fall into the love it category and have written dozens of plans ...
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Putting the Pieces Together

Writing a company's mission, vision and values is like doing a puzzle without knowing what it will look like until it's done. You keep snapping pieces together until the picture reveals itself.It's not a quick or ...
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Season Two: Podcast Guest Preview

The Corporate Purpose Podcast is back! I hope you join me on February 7 for the launch of season two and a new line up fantastic guests. One of the foundations of my podcast is ...
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