A powerful way to create a high performing business is to live a set of core values every day. There are two parts to living your core values:
- Discovering the ones that exist and documenting them.
- Having concrete actions that bring your core values alive every day.
A client recently asked me for resources on core values in business. Here are the ones I shared.
Jim Collins
One of the first to highlight purpose, a big hairy audacious goal, and corporate culture to create great companies was Jim Collins. See his article “Aligning Actions and Values:
https://www.jimcollins.com/article_topics/articles/aligning-action.html
Verne Harnish
Verne Harnish and his Rockefeller Habits is a big believer in using culture to drive performance. He first wrote about culture in “Mastering the Rockefeller Habits” pages 43-52.
https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Rockefeller-Habits-Increase-Growing/dp/1590790154/
In Verne’s second book, “Scaling Up”, he covers purpose and culture in pages 93-106:
https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Up-Mastering-Rockefeller-Habits/dp/0986019593/
Chris Edmonds
If you are looking for a whole book on corporate culture, I recommend “The Culture Engine” by S. Chris Edmonds. Chris has many practical suggestions and worksheets to get you going on your culture discovery and implementation journey. You can read my review here.
https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Up-Mastering-Rockefeller-Habits/dp/0986019593/
Drive Performance Through Culture
People are what make an organization go. People aligned around a common purpose and culture, produce better results. Use these resources to drive culture and performance in your business.
