Using personal values to facilitate recovery and restoration in a post-pandemic world By Dr. Scott Lichtenstein The theme of this year’s World Values Day is Values and reconnecting. It is an opportunity for us all to reflect on our ‘inner compass’, especially our most deeply held invisible personal values that have a visible impact on […]
Reconnecting around mental health and wellbeing on World Values Day By Claire Farrow Connection is such a huge part of wellbeing at work. So, it’s a happy coincidence that the 4th annual MADWorld Summit on 21st October coincides with World Values Day 2021. Wherever you are on the workplace wellbeing journey, the agenda for this […]
Inspiring one million values led conversations By Alan Williams and Lisa Birtles October sees the arrival of the month for World Values Day celebrations, with World Values Day itself on 21st October. The theme for 2021 is RECONNECTING and we were inspired to design a creative way to facilitate values-led conversations, connect people, develop understanding […]
The 2020 social media campaign was a great success with record activity on various channels. On Twitter alone, the reach was 75 million people across 67 countries and there was record activity both before and on the day on LinkedIn. As in previous years, caring environments where values are constantly being put into action such as […]
By Alexandra Egan We hear about them. We read about them. We see them on walls. On computer desktops. They’re mentioned and brought up during interviews. Occasionally spoken about in meetings. They’re handed down from generation to generation; We model behaviours around them; but what are they? According to sociologists’ “values” are “The ideals and […]
By Anne Stenbom and Helen Battersby Values indicate what is important to us and this can vary greatly from individual to individual, even individuals from the same family. Where values are held in common they can mean slightly different things. A husband and wife could share the value of “family” but to one it means […]
By Jackie Le Fèvre “It’s in an emergency that an organisation’s true values become clear” Mark Rowland for the Chartered Management Institute in April. “Covid-19 means there is more focus on people and human rights now, and we are seeing the companies that continue to look after their people – be it in their operations or supply chains – will […]
By Christiane Vogell With the need for business to become more agile corporate values have recently received a lot more attention in order to create a working environment which fosters innovation, creativity and involvement. The agile framework Scrum introduced in 2016 five values as essential for the framework to be effective. These values are: commitment, […]
How values, conscious culture and inner leadership development are necessary for a sustainable future. By Phil Clothier We never really know the ripples and impact of our words and actions. Just imagine that you are walking down the street, you pop a sweet into your mouth and without thinking you discard the plastic wrapper on […]
By Matt Tidwell, Ph.D., APR Periods of crisis are make-or-break moments for our organizations. We’re under heavy scrutiny. We’re managing multiple fires simultaneously. We’re focused on responding appropriately while preserving our reputation. If you haven’t managed a crisis yet, odds are that you will. On the surface, it seems intuitive that a crisis situation would […]
