On Jocko Podcast episode 302, Gen. Gronski advises you to know your personal core values. This isn’t just having them written down – you need to be able to list them off if asked. Without knowing them, they can’t factor into your decisions. Take the time to identify them. When you go to make a decision check – does this decision align with your core values?
The same thing applies for your business’s core values: does your company view decisions through these values, making sure they are aligned? how do you check that?
This is the critical part, and cannot be emphasized enough: know your values and then use them.
Gen. Gronski also suggests that you go on to identifying behaviors that map to those values (e.g., organizational behaviors that you want your employees to adopt). This means identifying pre-scripted behaviors that are aligned with your values. Create your own situational playbook: “When X we do Y. We handle Z by C.”