Posts Tagged ‘Strengthen Your Herd’
11 Pieces to a Strategic Plan
As summertime approaches, many business are beginning the planning process for 2019. This sounds far in advance but if you consider how long it takes to go from insight to activation, it’s not that crazy. Depending on your business and the external factors that influence your plan, your herd could be looking at years to see the…
Read MoreGrowth Mindset: An Introduction
This week I’ve been doing some research on how companies are speaking to their employees and encouraging them to learn and grow. This is a crucial piece of Strengthening Your Herd and engaging your employees. One concept I like is called Growth Mindset. It’s a concept that has been used for some time among exceptional athletes,…
Read MoreStep 6 in Defining Core Values
After 6 weeks, we are in the final step of our blog series “Defining Core Values”. We’ve talked about using a star member of your herd as an example, soliciting feedback from your team and synthesizing in to 3-5 Core Values. These values represent the culture that your company wants to embody and they will…
Read MoreStep 5 in Defining Core Values
This week on “Defining Core Values”, we’re going to refine our list and ensure that it is not only representative of your culture, but that it is good for the business. Over the last few weeks we’ve talked about how to develop this list and how to give each value a name to make it…
Read MoreStep 4 in Defining Your Core Values
Welcome back to week four of our six week blog series “Defining Core Values”. We’ve spent the last three weeks giving you tips on how to start this process of identifying the beliefs, behaviors, or traits that represent your ideal company culture and values. The next step takes a bit more thought and purposeful decision…
Read MoreStep 1 in Defining Your Core Values
When you start to think about the Core Values of your organization, it’s easy to jot down words or phrases that aren’t executable. Either they are too aspirational, too vague or too generic. If you want your team to embody your Core Values in everything they do, they have to be realistic, specific and compelling…
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