As a small business owner, I disregarded the importance of core values until we made our first hiring mistake. At the time, we were a close-knit team of four employees. We hired a fifth employee that ...

You’ve probably heard the term “core values” before—however, have you noticed that many businesses are integrating them into their practices? This trend highlights just how crucial core values are in ...

A CEO client mentioned to me that an employee had been disrespectful to her in an all-hands meeting. He called her out in public for being late to a meeting, and challenged her when she defended ...

Here’s how to create a concise explanation of your company’s objectives that helps develop a roadmap to achieve them. A mission statement serves as a clear and concise articulation of the company’s ...

Leaders must be deliberate about creating the kind of culture they want at their company. One of my favorite sayings is, “If you don’t intentionally create a core culture, others within the ...

If inclusion is likely already in your organization's core values, how do you map inclusion to your values? Most organizations have three to five core values. Review your core values and see where ...

Trying times send us to our roots and the foundations of our souls. More than reason or logic, more than our physical products or services, these foundations are our core values: the emotional ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. While in graduate school, I participated in a learning community of graduate student teaching ...

Knowing and acting on core values is essential to being a resilient educator—and resilience is key to managing the continuous challenges that any educator faces. Before I introduce an activity to help ...

September 23, 1981: Years before Steve Jobs would tell us to “think different” and Tim Cook would say Apple should act as a “force for good,” Cupertino lays out what it calls its “Apple Values.” This ...