A short YouTube video by Donald Burns emphasizing that core values are the foundation of an organizational model. Burns argues leaders must know and live their core values, hold their teams and vendors to those standards, and avoid hypocrisy by aligning actions with stated values; he advises that to avoid hiring hypocrites, leaders should first embody their core values.
I talk about this all the time. Your core values are the foundation of your model. They are the standards you hold yourself and your team to. They are the standards that you hold your vendors to. You can't expect your team to hold themselves to high standards if you don't know your core values. And sadly, if you're a person who does not live by your own core values, you're just a hypocrite. Hypocrites are people who say one thing and do another. They are the people who talk about having high standards for themselves and their team, but you know their actions and their words don't back it up. You want to avoid hiring hypocrites? Make sure you're a person who lives by your own core values first.
If your restaurant only works because you work 80 hours a week, it doesn't work.
