Leadership and Life Essentials with Jacquie
Aug 31, 2026 · 13 min · 7 segments
When a key person leaves, most leaders are left scrambling, because the talent was never identified or prepared to step up. A real leadership pipeline means you're ready before that moment hits, not…
Maybe you've even added it into your website, an employee handbook, and possibly even into job postings.
You've nailed it, right? Now, think about the last decision you made because of those values.
Can you name it? What about others in your organization? If you ask different people, could they name all your values? Could they actually describe what they mean? And are they the same? Most leaders can't describe how their values translate into decisions.
Most employees can't name or describe an organization's core values.
When core values are treated like a checkbox, check it off and it's done, rather than incorporating them into decisions, discussions, praise, hiring, and the overall running of the organization, they aren't functional, real, or useful.
Meanwhile, your team is still making decisions every single day, with or without a value telling them how.
Someone's deciding right now whether to tell a client the truth about a missed deadline or to soften it.
whether to stay late to fix something or let it wait until tomorrow.
If your values were never actually defined, they're guessing at what you want.
Or they aren't even paying attention to the values since they aren't even real to the organization.
They're making decisions according to their own values or their own framework, not the one that you want for the organization.
Maybe you've even added it into your website, an employee handbook, and possibly even into job postings.
You've nailed it, right? Now, think about the last decision you made because of those values.
Can you name it? What about others in your organization? If you ask different people, could they name all your values? Could they actually describe what they mean? And are they the same? Most leaders can't describe how their values translate into decisions.
Most employees can't name or describe an organization's core values.
When core values are treated like a checkbox, check it off and it's done, rather than incorporating them into decisions, discussions, praise, hiring, and the overall running of the organization, they aren't functional, real, or useful.
Meanwhile, your team is still making decisions every single day, with or without a value telling them how.
Someone's deciding right now whether to tell a client the truth about a missed deadline or to soften it.
whether to stay late to fix something or let it wait until tomorrow.
If your values were never actually defined, they're guessing at what you want.
Or they aren't even paying attention to the values since they aren't even real to the organization.
They're making decisions according to their own values or their own framework, not the one that you want for the organization.
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