Values-based leadership really is a business proposition. It’s the animation of what you believe is important and it leads to profitability. The following lists describe how values-based leadership relates to the four quadrants of business.
How the company does business is done in a healthy environment built on mutual respect:
- Establishing the rules of engagement (a values statement)
- Building an authentic company culture
- Creating a healthy workplace
- Developing relationships with vendors and resources
- Engaging in philanthropic corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Engaging in economic corporate social responsibility
- Reminding employees that what they do matters to improve the customer’s life
- Supporting stakeholders’ families with fair wages
- Recruiting and retaining the best talent
- Establishing a culture of learning
- Creating values partnerships with vendors and resources
- Building human resource programs and initiatives
- Solving problems creatively
- Reinventing processes and business models
- Addressing global human needs
- Circling back around to investment, serving, and how we do business
