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Smartkem, a semiconductor business reshaping electronics through a new generation of displays, sensors, and logic, wanted a set of corporate values and behaviours that would carry the culture as the company scaled. We used the Define Your Values Toolkit to take the leadership group through a structured process from personal values to organisational behaviours.
We used our Define Your Values Toolkit to help them create a set of values and behaviours that would suit their culture and purpose.
This practical toolkit includes guides, examples and tools to help you define and implement a solid set of corporate values with your team.
We guided Smartkem step-by-step through a process to:
From Kath Pallas, HR Director: "Really enjoyed the session and I hope you did too. We cannot recommend you highly enough."
"We’ve had several workshops since our session to talk about how we will live and breathe our vales which has resulted in some process changes etc. We’re also creating Values champions and a reward and recognition scheme based around the 5 values and measures. We’ve had lots of art work created and merchandise. I’m now looking to introduce them into our check-in process too."
The most useful thing about a structured values process is that it forces the team to separate what they say they value from how they actually behave when nobody is watching. Without that separation, values become wall posters. With it, they become behavioural anchors people can hold each other to.
Smartkem moved from the workshop into activation faster than most teams. Values champions, a reward and recognition scheme tied to the five values, artwork and merchandise, and integration into the check-in process. The lesson I am carrying forward: a values workshop only earns its keep when it is paired with a clear activation plan that names champions and ties the values to existing operating practices.
Most work like this starts with a 30-minute call to understand the team, the context, and what good would look like. From there we agree the shape of the work together.
