Chapter 1: What are the core values of leadership according to Robert Glazer?
integrity, honesty, teamwork, trustworthiness. Did I just figure out your business's core values? In this episode, I'm sitting down with the world-renowned Robert Glazier, and we're going to go through how you should actually be defining the core values, not only for your business, but for you personally. We're going to take a stroll into his upcoming book,
And we're going to unleash the things that you as a leader can and should be doing so that your team is following the right path for you. Ladies and gentlemen, I present my good friend, Mr. Robert Glazier.
Robert, how are you doing today, brother? Thank you, Mick. I heard all sorts of new things about myself there. I didn't realize.
Chapter 2: How can companies operationalize their core values effectively?
So I like that.
No, it is all true. It is all true, man. You know, you are... Someone who I've admired from afar. We've gotten to really know each other personally lately. And I can't thank you enough for just who you are because you actually push me to be a better leader for my team and a better leader for my community. So, bro, I just wanted to say thank you face to face, eye to eye.
Honestly, that means a lot coming from you and given what you do. So I appreciate that.
Chapter 3: What is the significance of aligning personal values with professional actions?
Maybe we can talk about how to bring that magic to everyone who's listening.
Oh, let's do that. And I want to start with just that. What's your purpose, your mission behind why you do what you do and the lives that you touch and the companies that you change? And I call it your because, that thing that's deeper than your why. What's your purpose? What's your mission? Robert, what's your because, brother?
Yeah, so I, by looking at my time, I spent 99% of my time trying to find better ways and share it. And I really, it ties to value.
Chapter 4: How do personal core values influence decision-making?
I identified a few years ago that what sort of lights me up the most is sharing ideas that help people and organizations grow.
I love it. I love it so much. And now let's shake the room a little bit. Let's shake the viewers and listeners. You're the guy I go to, especially when I talk about all things culture. And we can't talk culture without talking about core values. I'm pausing because companies are getting it wrong, right? Their core values are just words that are on a wall and they usually stay on a wall.
Talk to us about what core values truly mean.
Chapter 5: What strategies can leaders use to avoid burnout?
And one, how can companies really tie into developing real core values, not just words only?
Yeah. So I think you and I share a similar viewpoint. And when I was going to write a book on core values and the reason why I ended up doing the parables, I just felt like a lot of people would tune out when they hear it because we see the same companies and the same wall art. And I didn't believe in any of this stuff years ago. And then I saw some truly extraordinary companies and cultures and
their core values didn't sound like respect and integrity and team. And they weren't just on the wall. They were completely operationalized in the business. They were what the leaders talk about.
Chapter 6: How does Robert Glazer define the 'Compass Within'?
They were what they rewarded. And I realized that, yeah, it really is the ultimate foundation of culture. But if I had to guess, I'd say I see it in 1% or 2% of companies. So it's not It's not surprising. So, I mean, I have a personal definition of personal core values and I'll kind of switch it back. I think core values are the non-negotiable principles that guide your behaviors and decisions.
So in an organization, they need to guide your employees' behaviors and decisions. For an individual, I think they're intrinsic, not aspirational. They reflect who you are, not who you wish you were.
Chapter 7: What framework does Robert suggest for building personal capacity?
In fact, when you figure them out, you kind of look back and you see, I've always been that way. They're consistent across all aspects of life and work, relationship, personal decisions, and they're clarifying. They help you make better choices about who to spend time with, what work to do, where to live. We talk about kind of the big three in the book. So that's for individuals. For companies,
Every company, and I think you and I share this, they have core values. They just may not be the things on the wall. We're training a puppy, right? And we have good girl and bad girl.
Chapter 8: How can leaders create a culture of authentic values in their organizations?
And that's what happens. It's the behaviors that you reward are ultimately the core values and the culture. And so sometimes those match what's on the wall. Most times they don't, but they kind of exist. Because if you start asking people, all right, what's the type of behavior around here that gets rewarded or doesn't? you'll very quickly get answered.
And that's why it was pretty funny when Enron was going out of business, pretty much, you know, they had integrity and respect and those things when really the core value was probably like, act, don't ask and, you know, be incredibly aggressive. You know, that's actually what got you a bonus or got you a promotion at Enron.
So for the viewer listener right now, that's like, oh, Robert, that makes a ton of sense. I'm looking at my wall right now and I see integrity and trust and teamwork. How do they take integrity, trust and teamwork and turn those into actionable core values?
So when I've done sort of consulting work with organizations on this, we end up talking to their employees. And we ask them a lot of behavioral-based questions to try to understand what are the behaviors that you value most in your peers. And then we look at the core values and we say, which one of these rings true to you and which one doesn't? And we're trying to solve the say-do gap.
So there's some stuff that the company is saying that it's not doing. But then it's interesting. Employees can always identify a couple of things that they really love or they value in their peers or that's kind of a prized behavior that's not being said.
And so we can align those things and we can kind of update the values and we can move away from one word and we can run them through the rubric of it's got to be action oriented and decision. And it's got to be something you would say to someone, you're doing a good job at this and you're not.
But at the end of the day, if leadership isn't bought into that and doesn't hold that accountable from the top, it's really not going to matter. My favorite email I got this year was from a hospital system that we had worked with to refine their core values. And someone who came into that from a different group that I had helped him before.
And it was funny because we have these values and they always love their acronyms. Um, and, and I won't, I won't tip off here, but there was a guy who really wanted heart as one of them. And I'm like, can you tell me one of the things under heart? Can you remember what it is or tell me how it's rewarded? So we spent a lot of time looking at, you know, particularly the teaching hospital and
And it was like, elevate yourself with others. That was like a core thing that needed to be in a teaching hospital that they wanted to do. And so my favorite email I got was, I said, how's it going? It's been four months since we did this whole thing and you rolled it out. And they said, look, it's going great. Here's what's going on.
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