Company Values: Do They Still Matter?
Pawe? Huryn
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?? The article is the author's private opinion.
Much has been said lately about "supply chains". But I am convinced that the chains of relationships and values are equally important - what say, think and feel our clients, employees, contractors and partners. Especially now. Why?
The crisis will pass. We will build a new reality not based on "supply chains", but on people, relationships and the capital of trust often accumulated over the years. And you can't reprint, buy or borrow it!
Someone recently asked me how to respond flexibly to changes. How we should adjust our values to reconcile what is modern with what is traditional. Is there a clear answer?
Of course, businesses must evolve. Therefore, we will adapt and change policies, standards, procedures and tools used by employees. However, when it comes to Values, things are different.
I have no doubt that our actions can be flexible, but not the spine. Values such as trust, openness, support and respect are the foundations. They should always remain valid. Even if we express them in a slightly different way >< ??
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4 年Trust can be built only over a long period of time, with many activities. To the contrary, damage to trust usually happens with single action. The problems inside the corporations are often related to its gargantuan networks of processes and governance layers. And still, in XXI century, organisations are run like in the feudal times, where Heads of Departments are vassals of a single "big boss". That very structure is by definition opaque. Outwards relationships vary a lot. They can be feudal (e.g. subsidiary), bullying (usually by a stronger partner), co-operative (mutually beneficial), services-based (sells of services, products) or friendly (partnerships).? In the end it all comes down to personalities and bargaining power. And quite often bullying is the dominant, especially where one partner is much stronger than the other.