Value Alignment With The Company
“Values are the cornerstone of all cultures. They are the widely held principles or ideals, usually related to worth and conduct, that a culture holds to be important… The Values of any culture form the foundation for life within that culture.”
In most companies, employees tend to regard the most common location of values is in their employee handbook or on banners hanging on walls. When asked “what are the company values?”, most stumble over distant memories of induction or quickly scan the nearest wall in hope of a visual prompt. Most companies articulate a set of values that are often available to see in these locations, but this is not where values exist or where managers refer when considering value alignment.
Values exist at an individual level and in the collective culture and behaviour of the people who make up the organisation. They are the code by which people live, co-exist and interact. They live in each person, group and team and they evolve with the organisation over time. They are the foundation for the psychological contract that exists between employee and employer.
The most effective way to assess values is through behaviour. Managers believe they are able to quite easily assess a consultants value alignment with the organisation by observing their consistent behaviour.
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