With a story straight out of a real-life spy thriller, Dr. Dave Smith (a 2014 graduate of the Ph.D./D.B.A. program in values-driven leadership) exposes the dangers of creating false signals within your company, in this short video. Leaders who create inconsistent cultures – who proclaim a culture of customer service, for example, despite behaviors that indicate
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on the blog of our partners, the Small Giants Community. A bowl of popcorn sat at the center of the conference room table, a gift from a colleague. It was filled with a Chicago delicacy—caramel, cheese, and butter popcorn mixed together in a tasty, caloric holiday mix. We made
Today marks the official end of the holidays. The decorations are put away, the children are back at school, and we are back at our desks. Diets are started, resolutions are made. With these new starts comes a desire to set goals for the coming 12 months. I always find it easy to make a list of ideas, and much more difficult to
Through our research inside exceptional, values-driven companies, we often hear leaders say the people of the company live by a simple philosophy: work hard, play hard. At the Center for Values-Driven Leadership, we call it “work hard, play hard, make an enduring impact.” Learn a little about the hard work of 2015 in this Year in
How to Create a Values Competency Framework that Strengthens Culture & Drives Performance Note: This post is excerpted from our free e-book, Making Values Meaningful, a Menu of Options for Senior Leaders. Effective performance feedback looks both at a person’s job competencies and their alignment with core values. Making this connection can be as simple
As the VP of Finance & Strategy for the global software firm Ontario Systems, Melissa Norcross is a master at interpreting data and developing a plan. “I’m working on the things that are most relevant to the business,” says Norcross. While her daily work involves developing strategies, identifying new markets, and meeting urgent business needs,
Business Innovation & the Internet of Things: How Leaders Create Game-Changing Ideas Find photos below from last Friday’s Senior Executive Roundtable with MIT-technologist and best-selling author Kevin Ashton. Photos by Enrique Lopez.
Kevin Ashton was a young account executive for Proctor & Gamble in the late 1990s when he noticed one shade of the company’s lipstick was never on the shelves. Curious to better understand what was happening, he dreamed of putting microchips in the tubes, so P&G could know to ship the shade as soon as
Join the CVDL at TEDxNaperville on Friday, November 6 The Center for Values-Driven Leadership is a sponsor of this year’s TEDxNaperville, an independently-organized event patterned on the format made popular through TED Talks and events. Learn more about TEDxNaperville in their press release, below, or visit www.tedxnaperville.com. What do an Olympic gold medalist and a germ scientist
“I woke up this morning and a feeling of dread came over me because I realize I no longer love my job.” “The people at my job just drain me!” “They’re concerned they are paying someone who is overqualified. I don’t care. It’s just money to me!” “I feel like I have so much to