BerylHealth, a healthcare call center, had its start with three employees and the phone line in a backroom. Between 1985 and 2012, founder and CEO Paul Spiegelman grew the company …
Put People First, and Results will Follow
**NOTE: This article is republished with permission from the Return on Values Project.** Universally, the companies in our study have a “people first” approach that drives profitable growth. The equation …
Why Love is the First Leadership Skill You Should Develop: Return on Values Feature
Lieutenant Colonel Joe Ricciardi stood before his battalion of 1000 soldiers deployed with clearing roads of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan, and gave them one simple message: You need …
Meet Some of the Happiest People on the Planet
Last week our friends at the Small Giants Community examined the “business of happiness” at Blue Plate Catering, one of the companies we’ve studied as part of the Return on Values (ROV) project. Why …
Four Steps to Building Great Companies
For the last 18 months, our Center for Values-Driven Leadership has partnered with the Small Giants Community and the University of Michigan’s Center for Positive Organizations on a three-year research …
How to Grow a Great Company: It Starts with Hiring
In our research among the exemplar companies selected to be part of the Return on Values Project, we’ve confirmed the leadership principle that great companies are made up of great …
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
Last week I had the privilege of attending two outstanding conferences, first the COMMIT Forum, a conference hosted by the Corporate Responsibility Association; followed by the Inc. 500/5000 conference, hosted …
Make Your Boss Work for You: How One Company Commits to their Employees’ Personal Goals
A basic tenant of good leadership is to let go of your dictatorial side, and let the leadership qualities of your followers emerge and be nurtured instead. That makes sense, …
New Website Shares Findings, Status of Three-Year Return on Values Research Project
CHICAGO: Early results from the Return on Values research project display how CEOs of small and mid-sized businesses describe the relationship between their corporate cultures and their companies’ sustained growth …