What are values? The key steps to becoming a values aligned organisation

Working with values and culture for over twelve years has enabled us to identify the following steps as being key when developing and engaging people with strategically aligned, values based cultures.

1. The lead team having clarity of the organisation's strategic mix and recognising both the strategic importance of having aligned cultures and of the role values play in creating those cultures
2. Having a set of organisational values which are clearly defined, commonly understood, genuine and which form the cultural and behavioural framework within which everyone will operate
3. The lead team embodying the values and leading by example
4. People in leadership and management positions understanding and being capable of working with the key components of organisational cultures (Values, Beliefs and Behaviour )
5. Create understanding at all levels of the organisation of the influence that strategy and culture have on the current and future success of organisations
6. Aligning personal values, beliefs and behaviour to the individual's role and the organisation's vision/values/business strategies
7. Assimilating vision, strategies and values into day-to-day decision-making