RAFT’s Core Values

About this episode

The RAFT Team discusses their core values and their impact on mission and teamwork.

Join Joy, Sophie, Mariam, Jeremie, and Nicole on the RAFT Team as they discuss the RAFT core values—1) Fail, Learn, Grow; 2) Support; and 3) Transparency—and how those values impact their mission and teamwork. Episode Time Codes 00:00 – Intro 00:40 – RAFT’s 3 core values 01:05 – Value #1 – Fail, Learn, Grow 01:35 – Joy’s take 03:00 – Sophie’s take 03:45 – Mariam’s take 04:20 – Jeremie’s take 06:53 – Nicole’s take 08:40 – Is there a downside to Fail, Learn, Grow? 13:10 – Value #2 – Support 13:40 – Joy’s take 16:30 – Sophie’s take 18:40 – Mariam’s take 19:12 – Jeremie’s tale 20:50 – Nicoles take 23:10 – RAFT’s DEI survey and how we used it to support each other 24:55 – Are there any downsides to our support value? 30:30 – Value #3 – Transparency 31:00 – Nicole’s take 32:22 – Joy’s take 34:20 – Sophie’s take 35:55 – Mariam’s take 36:30 – Jeremie’s take (being a transparent leader) 45:15 – What are any unofficial values in how we work together as a team? 50:35 – Contact RAFT at info@raftcares.org to learn how we can help you discover your organization’s core values 51:00 – Outro

Topics covered

• core values
• teamwork
• Fail, Learn, Grow
• Support
• Transparency

Keywords

• education
• business
• non-profit
• self improvement
• how to

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