Core Values to Valued Culture™
If you are even slightly familiar with Culture Czars® and The Culture Fix Academy™, you know that one of our core practices is to physically bring an organization’s CoreVals™ alive through stunning visuals. When I heard about ink factory and their business that provides visual notetaking, I knew that I had to see how they could take my story, and The Culture Fix®, and animate it to create one beautiful, concise, roadmap to success in corporate culture. I am excited to share with you these animations that bring us from the initial issue, all the way to creating a valued culture in your organization.
What’s more, an absence of these values often results in an unhappy, unfulfilled, and disengaged team. This is because your stakeholders are lacking a purpose or why in their day-to-day activities! But what if we told you that the process of fixing this issue was as simple as following 9 Deeds over 90 Days?
1- Use words that are meaningful: A statement that provides purpose and meaning will help everyone feel this way about their work because they will all understand why it matters.
2- Tie your CoreVals to company folklore: by sharing your organization’s philosophies and the stories that make up its history, your team will continue to remember and increasingly relate to your CoreVals.
3- Use descriptive language: Words like proud and passionate are great, but a solid set of CoreVals needs to explain what is meant by those words with actionable, descriptive terms.
Before you know it, you will see an emerging group of your very own Culture Czars®. You will start to notice that your best employees are those who exemplify your CoreVals! Once your journey through the 9 Deeds in 90 Days gets underway, you will learn the tools and tricks of empowering your stakeholders, enabling them to not only believe in your business, but believe that they are making a tangible difference in their daily work.
Some of the tools that we provide to help you measure these changes include:
CoreWorkflow™ : The overarching company workflow or master process that serves to set stakeholders up for success is interwoven with the values.
CoreScore™: A numeric measurement that indi- cates the degree to which employees and teams work in concert with CoreVals.
Core People Processes™: the hiring, unhiring, and evaluating protocols based on CoreVals.
CorePurpose™: the overarching company goal and reason for being, which in turn helps your stakeholders understand the good they do in their position and in the world.
Finally, the CoreChart™ combines your CorePurpose, CoreVals, and CoreWorkflow into a visual representation that illustrates
-What you do, where, and how
-Who you do it for
-By when and why
This tool allows all of your stakeholders to attach meaning to their work—to know where they fit in the process and how to go about their work in an effective, team-oriented manner. Because it is quantifiable and date- stamped, they know when they will get there.
You will use a variety of tools to measure the quality and quantity of the benefits that flow from your culture quest. From goal achievement reports to employee evaluations, surveys and testing, you will ultimately find that this focus on creating a valued culture holds one of the greatest Return on Investments that you can achieve in your business.
...and you know what? You’ll have fun working on the 9 Deeds in 90 Days. And your stakeholders will have fun embracing the new CoreVals, as well as be energized by their new purpose.
We call this process; Culture Fulfillment. Pick up a copy of The Culture Fix, subscribe to The Culture Fix Academy or ask for the help of an Actuator, a professional that will bring the energy to help you fulfill your culture.
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Author
Will Scott
TCF Founder and author of The Culture Fix
These blog posts reveal my passion for the subject of corporate culture. And they are packed with learning! Look at the case studies for stories of real companies that have succeeded immensely thanks to their investment in culture. On the flip-side review the culture fails to witness what happens when companies fail with culture. Particularly when they fail by blatantly acting in opposition to their CoreVals.
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