What Does Your Company Really Stand For?

Align what matters to you as an organization with what matters to your employees. by Paul Ingram and Yoonjin Choi

From the Magazine (November–December 2022)

Emile Gostelie

Spotlight Series / Defining Your Organization’s Values

Summary.

For years, as scholars of organizational behavior and as corporate consultants, we’ve researched what you might think of as the value of values. We’ve conducted dozens of studies designed to determine how a clear understanding of individual and organizational values can affect decision-making, motivation, relationships, well-being, leadership, and performance.

Read more on Personal purpose and values or related topics Motivating people, Leadership and managing people, Mission statements, Employee retention and Leadership styles

A version of this article appeared in the November–December 2022 issue of Harvard Business Review.

Spotlight Series / Defining Your Organization’s Values

Read more on Personal purpose and values or related topics Motivating people, Leadership and managing people, Mission statements, Employee retention and Leadership styles

What Does Your Company Really Stand For?

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