Does your business have Moral Compass? How much does it guide you as an
individual? Are you able to contribute
to your Business’ Moral Compass?
This week I was reminded a very important about loyalty and
tough business decisions. The lesson I
was reminded about was both on a business level and on an individual
level. The really tough part was when
the business side was in direct conflict with the individual side. This is when your individual Moral Compass
tells you one thing and your Business Moral Compass may say something else is
acceptable. This begs the question: can
there be times when you can believe one way as an individual and your business
self can believe another? I personally
don’t think you can. The phrase “it’s
just business” comes to mind. For me, it
is never just business. I am too
passionate and insert too much of my personal life and personality into my
business relationships to have the “it is just business” attitude. I guess my question is, am I wrong to be this
personally invested in my business dealings?
Below is an illustration as to why I believe why it is
important to combine the SPIRIT and HEART into the ORGANIZATIONAL
CHARACTER. When you have a company with
a single ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTER that is driven by a BUSINESS MORAL COMPASS
that is a collective of the people’s moral compasses. You end up with people who are fulfilling the
company vision with extreme passion and that are living up to a single
outwardly visible ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTER that is clearly recognizable and
known by all.
Avoiding the “it’s just business” mindset will pay off in
ways that free the people within the organization to live up to set of BUSINESS
MORALS that allow them to stay proud of where they work and serve a cause and
believe in what they do. Or am I just
Naive?
Tell me what you think.
