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Lessons in Leadership — Frank William Brennan

Real Values

Do Your Company’s Core Values Inflict Pain? Because they should.

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The Startup
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8 min readJul 22, 2019

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The company I was interviewing for had a reputable corporate culture. I was motivated by the core values posted on their careers page — creative buzz words like Synergism, Gusto, and Audaciousness. The two phone interviews were extremely uplifting, filling me with the desire to work for them.

To my surprise, they were flying me out to their corporate office, all expenses covered, to demonstrate my skillset in their collaborative work environment. It wasn’t hard to imagine myself fostering creativity in their video-game studio, enjoying a beer at lunch from their in-house keg, strategically teaming up with multiple departments with moveable workstations, and melting away stress with friendly foosball competitions.

As amazing as these resources were, something was not connecting with me. A massive amount of employees waited outside in silence until they were invited into an orientation room. Many employees…

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