Your values are only as strong as your hardest day.

Culture isn’t built on t-shirts, swag, or pretty mission statements - it’s tested in the fire. In this week’s episode of Don’t Waste the Chaos, Kerri Roberts calls out performative cultures, hollow values, and leadership that only looks good on paper. Backed by hard data and lived client experience, she lays out how to stop wasting money on surface-level “perks” and start building a culture that drives retention, engagement, and performance - especially under pressure.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your values truly hold when business gets hard, this episode is your wake-up call.

Tune in to hear: 

1. Spot fake values before they destroy your credibility. Learn why misaligned culture breeds cynicism, mistrust, and entitlement.
   
   
2. Uncover your real core values. Kerri walks you through the exercise every leader should use (no AI-generated fluff).
   
   
3. See how values-based performance reviews change the game. One client boosted employee satisfaction and engagement by 18% year-over-year with a simple review process.
   
   
4. Follow the numbers. Engaged employees are:
   
   
   • 3.7× more likely to be engaged when recognition is part of culture (Forbes)
   • 43% more productive when organizations enable engagement/flexibility (Forbes)
   • 21% more profitable and 147% stronger in performance when engagement is high (Forbes)
5. Walk away with tools that actually work. From embedding values in hiring to running manager training that sticks, Kerri shows you how to make culture visible and measurable.

Want to go deeper? Check out the resources from this episode on Kerri’s website: https://kerrimroberts.com/dontwastethechaos/companyculturefailingyou

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