This week’s topic is about creating the right management
team for your social venture. What makes a strong start-up is the leadership
and core values of the organization. In the article “Building Your Company’s
Vision,” the former CEO of Johnson & Johnson provided great insight into
establishing the core ideology for a company. Mr. Larsen states, “The core
values embodied in our credo might be a competitive advantage, but that is not
why we have them. We have them because they define for us what we stand for,
and we would hold them even if they became a competitive disadvantage in
certain situations.” This particular statement resonates within healthcare, as
we hear more about major health networks putting their profit margins before
their core values.
Not all values can be incorporated into an organization. The
Forbes.com article, “3 Questions To Help You Align Company Culture with Core
Values,” provides great insight, as well, on how to identify the major values
to incorporate into the start-up. The first question was, “When have you felt
most alive?” Applying this question to myself, I was able to reflect on why the
topic of healthcare made me “feel alive”. During my time in undergrad, I was
able to study a wide range of topics from biology to politics. It was not until
I took a sociology class that I realized that group interactions and how
society functions peaked my interests. With my focus on sociology and health, I
learned that one of the core variables in sustaining a functioning society is
maintaining the health of the population. Additionally, through my job
experience I was able to witness how policy impacts the distribution of
healthcare services. Access to healthcare is still an issue that leaders in the
health industry have not perfected. Being able to impact the lives of others by
creating solutions to improve health makes me “feel awake” for now. I will
“feel alive” when I successfully develop a solution to improve access to
healthcare services for the underserved population.
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2012/09/05/3-questions-to-help-you-align-company-culture-with-core-values/
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