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Self-Tests
Values Audit
"Do I share the values of my company?"
Management guru Richard Barrett, author of A Guide to Liberating Your Soul and Liberating the Corporate Soul: Building a Visionary Organization, reports that creativity, fulfillment, and social responsibility have redrawn the bottom line for successful companies. In other words, the best predictor of whether or not your company will thrive is whether people like you have to leave your highest values in the parking lot. Now you can take a simple test that will help you answer the question, "Do I share the values of my company?" A full blown corporate "values audit" from Richard Barrett & Co. is a powerful instrument that can fine-tune an already successful company or transform a multi-national quagmire. Such an audit takes place over weeks, requires powerful software, expert analysis, and a few thousand dollars. But if you're willing to spend a few minutes on this scaled-down website version, you can create a rough audit on your own. Start with someone you know. Then try your boss. Then put yourself in the values hopper. And that's when the real fun begins. You'll have the evidence right there in your hand and you will be able to see whether your values -- and by association, your happiness -- are destined for the boardroom or the parking lot. To read "The Company You Keep," a profile of Richard Barrett and his values tool, click here |
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