This is How Your Core Values Might Be Contributing to Disengaged Employees
When a company’s espoused values are at odds with its culture, it creates friction for employees.
Most of us have worked for a company that touted a series of core values at one point or another. "They're not just words on the wall," the leaders of that company will tell you when you come in for your interview. "We live our values every day. We put them at the forefront of everything we do."
And, sometimes, this is true.
But when a company's espoused values are posted on conference room walls or referenced in town hall meetings without a genuine commitment to putting those values into action, this creates friction for us as employees.
fric·tion: conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions.
In the beginning, we want to live up to the aspirational words on the wall. But if we look at those around us and see their behavior deviating from these values without consequence, we become confused.
That confusion eventually gives way to frustration driven by the hypocrisy of it all before we ultimately disengage from the organization entirely.
