When reading the article “How to link personal values with team values”, I was able to gain a deeper understanding about how organizations can connect employees’ personal values with team values in order to create a strong, high performing work environment. The article discusses several big companies and how they instill team values into employees for maximum productivity. For example, Nordstrom uses many strategic tactics with employees in order to meet their one true goal which is to satisfy customers. Employees apply their individual values to their work which allows many different perspectives to be incorporated into one space where colleagues are able to learn new tips from each other (Jaffe & Scott, p. 4).

The article puts a strong emphasis on taking your individual beliefs and sharing them with your team in order to create a group of central values that everyone believes are a key part of teamwork. Having diverse ideas can help to reach a larger audience and see things that you may not have noticed working solo. This article has helped me to gain more insight on how I can apply my own values with those of my team so that we can collaborate to share innovative ideas with our whole class. The article discusses the core values, Integrity, competence, teamwork, communication, autonomy, creativity, and personal growth which I believe are all components that make a strong team with ethical practices. My team, the Yellow Company, strongly values integrity and communication as we analyze complex scenarios and make important decisions together.

Jaffe, D. T., & Scott, C. D. (1998, March). How to link personal values with team values. Training & Development, 52(3), 24–30