This is a 90-minute workshop meant to be used by teams to explore corporate values in context

1. LIVING CORPORATE VALUES
A CONVERSATION STARTER

2. This is a 90-minute workshop
meant to be used by teams to
explore corporate values in context

3. • Understand the corporate values
• Understand how to relate corporate values to
your daily work
• Understand how to live corporate values in
practice
• Understand how the importance of values can
differ from one department or one individual to
another
• Understand different, but valid, ways to
interpret meanings

4. By way of example, we’ll use 4 corporate
values:
• Deliver Together
• Act Responsibly
• Realize the Power of our People
• Trust the Team
However, you should use your own corporate
values when you run the workshop

5. ACTIVITY ONE
1) Without talking to others, individually,
choose the 2 values that you think are
most important for you to deliver against
your goals
2) Once everyone is done, post a colored
sticker in the relevant cell on the poster
on the wall (don’t change based on what
others are doing)
Our Values Most Important
Deliver Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the Power
of our People
Trust the Team

6. ACTIVITY ONE
1)Without talking to others, individually, choose the
2 values that you think are most important for
you to deliver against your goals
2)Once everyone is done, post your colored sticker
on the poster on the wall
3)Let’s look at the group results and discuss outliers
or obvious areas of similarity
Our Values Most Important
Deliver Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the Power
of our People
Trust the Team
Outliers: Good to discuss why!
Areas of Similarity: Good to
highlight
Why do we differ? Is it OK to
differ?

7. ACTIVITY TWO
1) Without talking to others, individually,
choose the 2 values that you think are most
rewarded by the organization
2) Once everyone is done, post colored sticker
in the right cell on the poster on the wall
(don’t change based on what others are
doing)
Our Values Most Important Most Rewarded
Deliver Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the
Power of our
People
Trust the Team

8. Our Values Most Important Most Rewarded
Deliver Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the
Power of our
People
Trust the Team
ACTIVITY TWO
1) Without talking to others, individually, choose the 2
values that you think are most rewarded by the
organization.
2) Once everyone is done, post your colored sticker on
the poster on the wall
3) Let’s look at the group results and discuss outliers or
obvious areas of similarity AND where most rewarded
and most critical differ
Why the big difference? Is the
difference OK? If not, should
we take action as a team?

9. ACTIVITY THREE
1) Without talking to others, individually, choose the 2
values that you think are most misunderstood.
2) Once everyone is done, post colored sticker in the right
cell on the poster on the wall (don’t change based on
what others are doing)
Our Values
Most
Important
Most Rewarded Most Misunderstood
Deliver
Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the
Power of our
People
Trust the Team

10. Our Values Most Important Most Rewarded Most Misunderstood
Deliver Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the
Power of our
People
Trust the Team
ACTIVITY THREE
1) Without talking to others, individually, choose the 2
values that you think are most misunderstood
2) Once everyone is done, post your colored sticker on
the poster on the wall
3) Let’s look at the group results and discuss outliers or
obvious areas of similarity
Why so
misunderstood?
What do we think
is the right
interpretation, and
what are some
other
interpretations in
the wild?

11. ACTIVITY FOUR
1) Without talking to others, individually, choose the 2
values that you think are personally strongest and
personally weakest
2) Once everyone is done, post colored sticker in the right
cell on the poster on the wall (don’t change based on
what others are doing)
Our Values
Most
Important
Most Rewarded Most Misunderstood Strongest Weakest
Deliver
Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the
Power of our
People
Trust the Team

12. Our Values Most Important Most Rewarded Most Misunderstood Strongest Weakest
Deliver
Together
Act Responsibly
Realize the
Power of our
People
Trust the Team
ACTIVITY FOUR
1) Without talking to others, individually, choose the 2
values that you think are personally strongest
2) Once everyone is done, post your colored sticker on
the poster on the wall
3) Let’s look at the group results. How are we balanced
as a team?

13. ACTIVITY FIVE
1) On a piece of paper write down one thing you will
START doing as a result of what you learned today
2) On the same sheet, write down one thing you will
STOP doing
3) Last but not least, write down one thing that you will
CONTINUE doing as a result of today
4) Sign your name to the bottom
5) Find one other person in the workshop and each of you
explain your STOP/START/CONTINUE action plan. Now
you sign theirs and they sign yours. When you sign
someone else’s action plan, you agree to be their
coach and follow up at least a couple of time in the
year to ensure they are executing the plan