Values play a central role in our lives. They are part of our self-concept, what we stand for and a key mechanism for managing the boundary between ourselves and others. Our values, conscious or unconscious, help us make choices about who and what is important to us and what we commit to do. Our values are likely to be a mix of wider societal values, family values, personal values and context specific values, like work values. In an organisation context, they are fundamental to what gets done and what gets left. Values will influence our motivation to make contact with others as well as the nature and quality of contact we make. They will inform our decision-making and our actions.
Experience and research has shown me that there are some fundamental values that can reduce the amount of joined up thinking and working in organisations — competition, control and a lack of openness.
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