How Organizational & Personal Success Go Hand In Hand

Organizational success often seems to go at the expense of individual success, and vice versa. But it doesn’t have to be like that. If aligned well, the two are synergetic and strengthen each other. This is how.

The secret? Focus on values first. Anything else is secondary or a distraction. Because values are the starting point of both the organizational and the individual pathway to success.

The pathway to organizational success looks like this:

LEADERSHIP
Instills VALUES
That guide BEHAVIOR
That shapes CULTURE
That underpins COMMITMENT
That fuels ENGAGEMENT
That boosts PERFORMANCE
That drives ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS

The pathway to individual success looks like this:

INDIVIDUALS
Cultivate VALUES
That guide BEHAVIOR
That shapes PERSONALITY
That underpins COMMITMENT
That fuels ENGAGEMENT
That leads to POSITIVE IMPACT
That bolsters INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS

This is strikingly similar and in sync. As such it shows that, if the focus is on values, organizational and individual success go hand in hand. They don’t contradict each other. On the contrary. They DEPEND on each other and cannot even be separated.

The conclusion is as obvious as it is important: let values be the driver of everything you do—as an individual, and as an organization.