251 | Why Your Business’ Core Values Are Collecting Dust (And How To Fix It)

What you need to know about Core Values in your business

Most companies say they have core values…but what they really have is a dated 90’s-style plaque on the wall collecting dust—values no one remembers, no one uses, and no one leads from.

True core values are completely different.

Real core values are the driving principles that shape behavior, guide decision-making, and determine whether your team moves forward in unity or operates in confusion and chaos. They anchor every choice, every hire, every conversation, and every strategic decision your business makes.

On today’s episode, we dig into what core values really are—and why they absolutely matter if you want a healthy, aligned, high-performing team.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • Why Core Values matter in your business
    They aren’t optional if you want consistency, accountability, and culture that actually works.

  • How NOT making decisions from Core Values hurts your team and your clients
    Confusion, frustration, inconsistency, and misalignment happen when people don’t know the standard they’re responsible to.

  • How to clear the “fog” from your team
    When your team can name the core values and knows how to apply them, decision-making becomes simpler, faster, and significantly more accurate.

  • How Core Values get real results
    You’ll hear examples of how businesses simplify hiring, reduce conflict, and increase productivity by leading through core values.

  • Your Core Values action steps
    Skip to 37:00 in the episode to hear the specific steps you can take this week to strengthen your culture and shift your team into alignment.

Want to go deeper?

If you’re ready to build a team aligned to your mission, eliminate confusion, and create culture that consistently produces results, join us at the Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event. This powerful 3-day experience trains you to clarify, communicate, and lead through real core values—not the fluffy kind.

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Meet Chris LoCurto

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Chris has a heart for changing lives by helping people discover the life and business they really want.

Decades of personal and leadership development experience, as well as running multi-million dollar businesses, has made him an expert in life and business coaching. personality types, and communication styles.

Growing up in a small logging town near Lake Tahoe, California, Chris learned a strong work ethic at home from his full-time working mom. He began his leadership and training career in the corporate world, starting but at E'TRADE.

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