When you take the time and make the effort to define them, core values become your most powerful asset. Your company’s going to have a culture whether you like it or not. Obviously, most people with ...

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Core values are the equivalent of the rules of a sport: It would not be a sport if there were no rules. Atlassian has had the same five core values since Scott Farquhar discovered them three years ...

Our values shape our behaviours, inform our decisions, and ultimately define our paths in our personal and professional realms. Recognising and aligning with these values is critical not only for ...

Should I be saving for my child’s future education or saving for my retirement? Should I pay down my lowest credit card debt or the one with the highest interest? Should I rent out my house or just ...

When I ran into a former client at the grocery store, and asked him how things were going, I expected some polite small talk. Instead, what he said blew my mind. The guy (let’s call him Jim) was an ...

Jim Collins’s revered method for establishing company core values might not suit all businesses, particularly when disconnected from customer value propositions. Here are my suggestions for crafting ...

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 ...

This article is a companion to a presentation given by the author Tuesday at the 2023 Public Radio Content Conference in Philadelphia. A few years ago a post to the Public Radio Program Directors’ ...