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Values

Make Your Values Important.

While the path to transforming a culture is a journey, an immediate and sustainable impact can be made by:

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  • Aligning value statements to your current environment

  • Identifying the actions that validate or undermine each value

  • Demonstrating the leadership commitment

  • Embedding the renewed values in all policies and procedures

  • Routinely assessing the organization-wide commitment

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The process described below is the starting point for customizing your approach. Orca Partners provides the inspiration, background, leading practices, and facilitates the open, candid, and constructive conversations for making your values important.

Establish your process

A conversation with your leader(s)

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  • Discuss your challenges and opportunities

  • Adjust the process to meet your needs

  • Identify your team; is it the board, leadership team, both?

  • Develop the plan and allocate the needed resources

Provide leadership guidance

A session with your lead team

 

  • Conduct a brief SWOT to focus upon the need for change

  • Discuss the importance of culture and values

  • Review leading examples of value statements and value actions

  • Renew your statements and establish your actions

  • Establish performance improvement objectives

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Engage all stakeholders 

Sessions with managers and then with staff

 

  • Review the importance of culture, values and value actions

  • Discuss the SWOT

  • Review guidance provided by leadership team

  • Revise the value statements and value actions

  • Leadership team considers input and establishes values

Make the commitment

Separate sessions for leadership team and diverse manager groups

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  • Each individual assesses their gaps to renewed values

  • Individual shares self assessment with session teammates

  • Facilitator oversees '360' feedback

  • Individual establishes a Compact committing to value actions

Ensure sustainability

Assigned project leads

 

  • Establish renewed values in placards, posters, newsletters, website

  • Provide coaching and training support

  • Utilize the values in everyday work

  • Embed values in selection, orientation, and training

  • Update evaluation, recognition, and accountability policies

  • Routinely survey all staff on Compact commitments

  • Continuously measure your renewed values objectives

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