This is SO true it's scary:
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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina A common pattern I see is that companies with questionable values that make their employees uncomfortable usually prioritize physical world values over nonphysical values. For example, they may value profit (a physical world construct) over fairness (a nonphysical ideal). Companies with strong employee loyalty typically place a higher priority on nonphysical ideals, such as creativity, leadership, and service. |
It's worth bearing in mind that in large organizations, it's often those that sit around the boardroom table are those devoted to ideals like service, creativity and leadership. I know, I've sat there.
But those "in the trenches" are often pressured by their managers to delivery a 15% return every quarter, without exception. That's because career advancement of those managers is so often tied to tangible results, rather than intangibles.
As well, there's often a dichotomy that emerges from mission statements. There are LOTS of organizations that include considerations such as leadership, responsibility and whatnot as their over-riding goals and objectives, but if there's ever a conflict between living those goals and attaining an extra 1% profit or increased "shareholder value", it seems that money wins out every time.