Indi­vid­u­als can find it chal­leng­ing to under­stand and val­ue dif­fer­ences among team mem­bers. Rec­og­niz­ing and uti­liz­ing dif­fer­ences in per­spec­tive, strengths, exper­tise, and per­son­al char­ac­ter­is­tics enhance work­place cul­ture, strat­e­gy, and performance.

Effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion and feed­back work in tan­dem with active lis­ten­ing skills to increase under­stand­ing. When indi­vid­u­als do not send and receive clear, cogent, and con­cise infor­ma­tion, ideas, or feed­back with empa­thy and clar­i­ty, chal­lenges can arise for teams and organizations.

Strate­gic plan­ning, such as fol­low­ing set goals and action plans, is uti­lized to ensure a team and orga­ni­za­tion can nav­i­gate vary­ing con­di­tions, struc­tures, process­es, or pro­ce­dures. Over­com­ing such chal­lenges ensures orga­ni­za­tions sus­tain them­selves into the future.

Being able to pro­duce high-qual­i­­ty results in con­junc­tion with oth­er indi­vid­u­als in the name of a com­mon goal can be chal­leng­ing if a team does not have pos­i­tive, com­mu­nica­tive, open rela­tion­ships. Build­ing cama­raderie and trust enhance an orga­ni­za­tion’s abil­i­ty to achieve its mission.

Val­ues-Based lead­ers’ actions align with the val­ues of the orga­ni­za­tion to which they belong. When one learns to make deci­sions in agree­ment with their per­son­al and orga­ni­za­tion­al val­ues, eth­i­cal, moral­­ly-sound actions follow.

Sig­ma Chi Lead­er­ship Insti­tute val­ues the work Gallup has com­plet­ed on Well­be­ing. Jim Har­ter, Chief Sci­en­tist of Work­place and Well­be­ing for Gallup, describes the five ele­ments of well­be­ing (Career, Social, Finan­cial, Phys­i­cal, and Com­mu­ni­ty) as,​“the uni­ver­sal ele­ments of well­be­ing that dif­fer­en­ti­ate a thriv­ing life from one spent suffering.” 

Har­ter, J. (2021). Well being: The five essen­tial ele­ments. Gallup Press.