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Why do employees do the right thing? They will do the right thing because in self-governing cultures, not to do the right thing no longer betrays just the company; it betrays’ the individual’s own values.
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Rules control and limit how we do what we do; only values-based self-governance can simultaneously control behavior and inspire us to do more.
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Self-governance is the most efficient way to get everyone on the same page, aligned to organizational values and goals, and doing the right thing to achieve them.
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Compliance is about surviving; self-governance is about thriving.
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Values place governance within each person rather than in persons or rule sets external to them, establishing the conditions for a very different type of culture to grow.
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Transparency between people at all levels… makes these cultures stronger and more effective, and the free flow of information makes cultures more self-governing by increasing trust.
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…to be a self-governing individual you must lead yourself and approach everything you do from a leadership perspective.
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A self-governing leadership culture allows everyone to take these opportunities to lead, and when you step up and seize the moment, the moment seizes you.
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Self-governing people step up, seize the moment, and find ways to get things done.
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…the self-governing person looks wisely and deeply to the core values at the center of their framework and makes considered decisions about the best way to uphold them.
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