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MY TOPIC THIS WEEK: Five Core Values for The Business Owner or Leader

Setting core values for yourself is essential to ensure your business or your team succeeds. Core values are the principles or guidelines you set for yourself or the business. Core values outline what your company believes to be the most important values. These values also affect the business's path to sell products/services and attract its target audience. Learn more about the five most important core values below.

I. IDEAS FROM ME

Integrity

Customers and employees want to work with those who are honest and trustworthy. They need to know that you will do exactly what you promise without any accountability from others or them. It’s about always doing what is right, even if no one else is around. Show your integrity to customers or your team by keeping your promises, being dependable, and owning up to any mishaps.

Accountability

Accountability refers to your ability to accept full responsibility for your actions and outcomes. Without accountability, who is being held responsible for getting or ensure the work is done? Being accountable means accomplishing your commitments, owning up to mistakes, and doing what is right always.

Discipline

Business and leaders require the discipline to do what needs to be done, even if you don’t want to do it or don’t enjoy doing it. It's about committing to stick to a plan of action to achieve your goals. Without discipline, employees show up late, assignments are missing or unorganized, bills are left unpaid, and many more. Make them commit to staying disciplined even during the most challenging times.

Passion

Have passion and be passionate about the work you produce and put out into the world. This way, you can be sure your work is authentic and makes a real difference. You can use your passion to inspire you to show up every day, get work done on time, do extra, and always being willing to improve.

Improvement

No person or company stays the same for years, and that is because they understand the importance of always improving their skills. Improvement is vital to ensure your company or business always stays relevant and successful. Improvement leads to increased productivity, efficiency, and better products or services for your customers.

These are only five of many core values you can set for yourself as a business owner, leader or manager. Balance, diversity, community, and perseverance are a few more to consider, as well. Core values should be personal and true to you to be functional and make a difference for your business.

II. QUOTES FROM OTHERS

“Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible.”

-Roy T. Bennett is the author of The Light in the Heart. He loves sharing positive

thoughts and creative insight that has helped countless people to live a successful and fulfilling life.

“Before you embark upon this journey of your business’ vision and mission discovery, there are a few questions that you need to answer:

Why are you in this business?

How big do you want your business to be one day?

Who is going to benefit from your product or service?

What is the core purpose of the existence of your business?”

- Pooja Agnihotri, Author of 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself

From Business Failure

Source: goodreads.com/wikipedia

III. A QUESTION FOR YOU

What does the word “value” mean to you personally? As a business? As a leader?

The team at Life in Balance Careers

Joanne Savoie-Malone, Approved & Certified Life in Balance Coach

https://lifeinbalanceonline.com/enterprise/joannesavoie

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