My client's self-esteem was beginning to flag, and it was becoming harder for her to continue to perform at her highest levels. In addition, Beth began to question the moral value system of the company when she was repeatedly asked to falsely report various events that took place on her assigned program.

During a routine monthly accounting check, financial irregularities were uncovered, which, once addressed, required the restructuring of the Divisional organisation to refocus the business on its core activities and growth.

How can you and I carve out islands of sanity in swirls of unnerving chaos and opaque anxiety?

Culture is the space in which the work gets done. Culture decides who and what wins and losses in a business.

Perhaps we have not found the right God. In that case, humanity has been living out the implications of the American Gary Larsen’s cartoon which says that, “Before he discovered his true purpose in life, Robin Hood would rob from the rich and give to the porcupines.” This sounds like the human race.

Do your organizational leaders have clearly defined written goals? Research shows that those people who actually sit down and write out their goals not only end up achieving them, but have higher incomes and ratings for overall success and life satisfaction.

What Performance, Relationship, Innovation and Values have in common is that each is an arena for enhancing, focusing, or suppressing peoples’ energy.

Changes interrupt our lives. These changes and transitions leave us with homes, belongings, and schedules that no longer work for us. Something is out of alignment, and we’re not sure what.

The essence of leadership, said Greenleaf, is the desire to serve one another and to serve something beyond ourselves, a higher purpose.

Sector: Software Development Assignment: Identification of Core Values, Common Core Purpose, & Vision & application to Sales & Marketing Period: 2008-2010 Background A well-established specialist software company with a global sales footprint wished to review its market positioning, degree of product differentiation & pricing in preparation for a major sales strategy. Assignment • To assess the organisation’s core values • …