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Category: Values

Four Keys To Building a Strong Foundation for Leadership Development

If you want to unlock the full potential of your organization and build a strong foundation for growth, then you must prioritize leadership development. But where do you start? Here are four thoughts and a free resource you can take advantage of today! First, you have to do the work of creating a culture of leadership development. Reshaping the culture requires changing the way you talk about development. Leadership development is less about a program…Continue Reading

Throw Away Your Core Values

Every organization has a written set of core values, and you’ve probably spent a lot of time developing and crafting yours to get them just right. The question is, have those values that you worked so hard to create really stuck? Have they been integrated into the DNA of your culture? If you can’t answer that with a solid “Yes” then maybe you should throw away your organization’s core values. I’m not saying that core…Continue Reading

Vision + Values = Organizational Strength

Vision without a clearly established set of values will hinder an organization from achieving it’s maximum impact.  One of the key competencies we teach church planters at LAUNCH is “Evaluate your core values and integrate them into the DNA of your church”.  Church planters are some of the most optimistic, enthusiastic, visionary leaders on our planet.  I see it all the time, God captures a young energetic leader and burns a vision into his heart…Continue Reading

Are Your Values Adding Value?

A wise leader of any organization will spend significant time thinking through and carefully crafting organizational values. He understands as the team lives out these prescribed behaviors the organization is more likely to accomplish its mission.  While listing Core Values is a common practice, unfortunately living out core values is not.  In many cases organizational values are posted on a wall and forgotten or ignored.  In other cases the values are defined but no one…Continue Reading

Vision + Values = Organizational Strength

When executed properly core values define the way a company operates, gives clarity for decision making and assures greater engagement of employees.  However most leaders invest all their energies on vision and tend to neglect values. Leaders love to think, dream and inspire people to pursue a better future.  While this type of visioning is essential for organizational direction, if the leader doesn’t provide a clear set of values it may be difficult to achieve…Continue Reading