Values vs Culture

video transcript

It’s been said that “your actions and your reactions reveal your real character.” Eric Partaker on LinkedIn had a great piece this week contrasting corporate values with corporate culture – click here.

So, if you put those two concepts together, then the advice for corporate leaders (especially senior leaders) is that your actions reveal:

• Are you authentically demonstrating your company’s values?
• Do you conduct business with ethics?
• And what is your moral character?

And since we talked about both Actions and Reactions

In the corporate world, the only thing that speaks louder than a leader’s actions are the senior leaders’ accountability.

When a leader:

• Is not acting in alignment with corporate values
• Or is not conducting themselves with ethics
• Or is not demonstrating a moral compass (with or without corporate culture)

Then, is their management holding them accountable?

Because when leaders aren’t demonstrating good actions … and senior leaders aren’t holding them accountable … then every poster or PowerPoint that you have on Values or Culture are irrelevant.

In those orgs, what your people will Value is self-preservation … and those that expect Culture (or have a moral compass) will leave. See you next Monday