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What’s Value Congruence Got to Do with It?

Think about these three retailers: WALMART, KMART, and TARGET. All discount department stores. All ones that you have likely shopped in at some point. Now, see if you can match the company values with the retailer.

Retailer A

  • Great shopping, anytime, anywhere
  • Celebrating diversity and inclusion
  • Design for all
  • Community support and engagement
  • A fun and rewarding place to work

Retailer B

  • Creating lasting relationships with customers by empowering them to manage their lives
  • Attaining best in class productivity and efficiency
  • Building our brands
  • Reinventing the company continuously through technology and innovation

Retailer C

  • Service to our customers
  • Respect for the individual
  • Strive for excellence
  • Act with integrity

Read on to find the answers… and to explore what value congruence has to do with profitability.

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Leadership

Demonstrating a Commitment to Inclusion

It is clear that organizations that can create workplaces where all talent can bring forth their best, will be the best situated for success. However, I must admit that the work is long and hard – and progress is slow. But it is too important to waiver. So, I’d love to hear. What is your organization doing to tap into the potential that diversity and inclusion bring?

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Leadership

Workplace Hazing

Say the word hazing and we immediately think of college fraternities and high school locker rooms. The idea that if you want to be “one of us” there is a price of admission – sometimes embarrassing, sometimes requiring great sacrifices, sometimes acts of daring, and sometimes outright danger or death.

It’s not called hazing at work. It’s called things like, “just the way we do things here,” or “our culture,” or “orientation”. None the less, many organizations have strange (and less than helpful) rituals designed to test new members before they become a part of the group.

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