# S2 E11 - The Power of Values: What They Are And Why They Matter with Cam Hicks

An episode of [The Inspire Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1380867359), 25 Feb 2020, 37 min.

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In today's episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart Egnal speaks with Cam Hicks. Cam is Corporate Vice President - Human Resources and Communications at Teleflex. Listen in to understand the power of values, and how it's integral in crafting your company culture. Here are some moments from the conversation: Define "a value"?- 05:48.6 Four key values- 06:53.4 Building core values in your company- 08:50.4 Challenges of getting to the key values- 10:03.2 How to use the values to achieve corporate goals- 11:58.9 Decentralized decision making- 12:27.2 Mergers and Acquisitions- 14:19.8 Finding core values congruence- 15:09.4 Corporate social responsibility- 17:50.1 Join act with purpose- 18:18.7 Values through adversity- 20:21.8 Handling layoffs- 21:34.3 Bart talks about the risk of being hypocritical when being values-based- 24:55.9 Advice about building authentic values-based organization- 27:58.7 Recognize the critical importance of culture- 28:27.1 How to deal with values-mismatch- 30:42.6

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