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Sep19
Does Your Company Have the Spirit to Serve?
Jim Collins, author of Built to Last, wrote the Foreword to the book The Spirit to Serve Marriott's Way.  He talks about the characteristics of enduring great companies and one of those characteristics is:  "Timeless core values and enduring purpose".  Collins notes:
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There can be no distinction between a company's core values and the core values of its leadership.  The values originate from deep inside the people themselves - authentic, bone deep, passionately held.  Marriott's core values - including the belief that people are number one ("Take care of Marriott people and they will take care of Marriott guests"), a commitment to continuous improvement and overcoming adversity, and a good old-fashioned dedication to hard work and having fun while doing it - provide a foundation of stability and enduring character.

Do you know what your company's core values are?  Does it have the spirit to serve?  Are they in alignment with what you believe in?  If not, are you doing anything to change that?  Are you having fun at work?  If not, why?  Are you doing anything to change that?

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