3.1: Authenticity
Make certain the values are authentic. Other Information:
- It is VERY easy to confuse an organizations aspirations for core value versus the real authentic core values. Make certain
they are authentic by testing the following: - Have any of the values been violated by one of the current executive management
team? If so, it cannot be a core value. The reality is that it is not enough just to confirm that the organizational core
values have not been violated by the exec team. The group should also be certain that the organization or leadership team
has not allowed for or ignored the existence of the violation within in an employee or set of employees. - Additionally, the
leadership team should look back as far as the employee set that will receive the core values can remember and look for incidents
in which those employees may see disconnects between the core values established and “real life” behaviors. - Given extreme
business scenarios, will the organization be able to adhere to the values? If any might be compromised, they should not be
core values.
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