{"id":5744,"date":"2017-03-30T19:27:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2017-03-30T19:27:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:27:06","slug":"how-leaders-know-its-time-to-delete-a-core-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/30\/how-leaders-know-its-time-to-delete-a-core-value\/","title":{"rendered":"How Leaders Know It’s Time to Delete a Core Value"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take out a copy of your team\u2019s core values. <\/strong><\/p>\n

You know the one I mean. It\u2019s either filed away in a folder called \u201cDocuments\u201d, or perhaps it\u2019s in that binder labeled \u201c2012 Off-site Retreat\u201d. It\u2019s possible that it\u2019s framed and posted on the wall in your staff coffee room.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll give you a minute while you go get it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read each value statement carefully. You probably have between 8 and 12 of them. They likely are peppered with phrases like \u201crelentlessly focused on\u201d and \u201cwholly committed to\u201d. Powerful stuff, eh?<\/p>\n

The one I want you to zero in on is that one that jumps off the page, because quite frankly it just doesn\u2019t fit. If the last time you did a review of your core values was more than two years ago, then in all probability there is at least one that simply doesn\u2019t resonate with your present team.<\/p>\n

You have three options:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0<\/strong>You can re-cast vision around that value, \u201cblow-torching it\u201d until it once again is being lived out among your team, or<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2.\u00a0<\/strong>You can take out the white-out and simply eliminate the value, or<\/strong><\/h2>\n

3.\u00a0<\/strong>You can ignore the discrepancy and re-file the core values document back where you found it.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m going to build a case for option #2; that sometimes the best option is have the courage to hit \u201cdelete\u201d. This sounds like leadership heresy, but hear me out.<\/p>\n

Teams change. And sometimes along with those changes new values emerge and old ones become out-dated.<\/p>\n

I once was part of a team that conducted\u00a0a review of our core values and discovered one that was clearly a reflection of a different time. After trying desperately to make this value \u201cfit\u201d, we finally had to look at each other and admit, \u201cThis value simply no longer reflects who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so we looked at each other, and we looked carefully at the value as written on the page.<\/p>\n

Finally, after a great deal of thought and further discussion, we crossed it out.<\/p>\n

Not only did the sun still come up the next morning, but our stated values now made sense.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t take the idea of deleting a core value lightly. This is a big deal. But be open to the possibility that a value once held in high regard by a previous team may simply no longer be true for this present team.<\/p>\n

And have the courage to hit \u201cdelete\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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