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„Now, I would love to say we operate all day every day with each of these guiding principles, critical behaviors, and visible actions in mind. But this side of heaven, we must still deal with regular human beings who have challenges at home, don't feel well, get up set when they feel disrespected or unheard, and misinterpret the actions of others around them. In other words, we are a real team with real people. Our mission…“ 1/

„…conversations:

1.) Be Responsible by working with focus, being transparent, acting with discipline, and practicing servant leadership.

2.) Be Effective by using systems thinking, simplifying, making decisions, finding compromise, and acting proactively.

3.) Grow by fostering inquisitiveness, determining intrinsic motivation, reading, teaching, and mentoring compassionately.

4.) Nurture Healthy Relationships by assuming good intent, putting…“ 2/

„… world to perceive us:

Create meaningful, sustainable, positive, human impact.

Always demonstrate integrity and authenticity.

Act in a way that expresses care, hope, love, and joy!

These guiding principles act as Menlo's decision-making guardrails. We can improve the speed of decision making if we consider that each decision we make is consistent with these guiding…“ 3/

„Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.

Whether or not we want to believe Gandhi's words, we all have to admit we've seen them play out over and over again.“

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„Joy at work seems like such a simple idea - just make everyone happy, right? No! Embracing joy at work means fighting joy's greatest enemy: fear. And unfortunately, leadership based on fear is the status quo for nearly every organization and bureaucracy.“

"Trust can only be given, not requested.“

(Joseph Pelrine at Craft Conf 2021)