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Friends,
This week, I share the importance of establishing what your values are. Values are birthed from beliefs, values determine behavior and behavior determines our lifestyle. If you want a better life or business challenge and question whether your current beliefs are pulling you towards or away from your goals.
Until next time live with passion, excitement and expectation. It will transform your life.
Regards
Tony Gattari |
The Heart and Soul of an Organisation
One of the most intelligent managers that both Shaun and I have worked with shared some great wisdom with us on why values are important to people, and how strong values in a company can unify people to a common cause. Now this manager was from Germany, and had done his posting in the German army as soon as he became an adult. One day over lunch, we were discussing why 16 year old kids who worked at McDonalds loved working there, would hang out together outside of work, and even how couples were formed.
This intelligent manager was a deep thinker. He paused for a moment, looked past both Shaun and myself, and then started to explain in his deep Bavarian accent. “When I was in the German army, we had a bond that could not be explained. But over time, we understood that our common purpose was to serve our country, and that service is what united us”. He then added “We were disciplined, and that discipline gave us something that was probably missing in our formative years. At McDonalds you have kids who may have come from broken homes, where they don’t see their parents much because they are working so hard. So the same disciplines and values are probably missing from their lives, more than when we were kids”.
“These kids came from an unstructured world into a place that gives them structure, not only through systems, but mainly through values. The values of quality, cleanliness, and service are preached and practiced at McDonalds everyday”. He concluded, “Values is what unites communities, and the community of the workplace”.
Your Values Statement
Our values come from our beliefs. The values are central in our lives, and give us guidance on how we approach various situations. The values that you set are to be used by everyone in the business, as a guiding light on how to approach various situations. How do you treat fellow employees? How do you carry out ethical transactions with your clients?
Your Activation exercise
1. What are your values?
2. What are your team’s values?
3. What are your customer’s values?
4. Circle all of the common words.
Use these words to write your company values.
DO IT NOW!
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