We carry many unconscious habits and prejudices from our past experiences into our everyday work and family lives.
Creating a set of operating principles for how employees will behave towards each other and those they serve can be the foundation on which a more cohesive, trusting and trustworthy workplace culture can be created. And although giants like Google and Whole Foods Market have created operating principles, no group is too small or too large to take this step. As my article for Leadership Strategies, Inc. emphasizes, operating principles only have power if everyone from the CEO to the newest employee is expected to follow them.
In his review of Staying Healthy in Sick Organizations: The Clover Practice™, UK Consultant Philip Whiteley seized on “Declare Your Interdependence.”
