Winning the High Way — Organizational Success by the Golden Rule

We have examined the impact of a Golden Rule Culture on key success factors of virtually all organizations. For every factor we considered and, I daresay, every factor we conceivably could have considered, the Golden Rule has tremendous upside potential and negligible downside risk. What can we find more compelling and attractive than participating in a culture where everyone is proactively concerned with doing their best to help others, individually and collectively? Is it the “silver bullet” or panacea for organizational success?

No, but in its broadest, balanced application, including the long-term welfare of the shareholders and other stakeholders, it comes mighty close. Even a failed attempt at building a Golden Rule Culture has to leave you better off than you were before.

So, do you want a Golden Rule Culture for your organization? If you do, don’t expect it to be a “quick fix.” Like any Core Value worth growing, it will require constant preparation of the soil, planting, fertilizing, cultivating and harvesting. It all starts with you and your personal decision to, “in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.” Then you can say, “It’s my way—the high way.”