They help us set goals for ourselves and for our businesses. In so doing, they help us in our personal development as employees
They describe how we believe that employees should act.
They describe to our customers the performance standards that will enable us to deliver the finest products and the best services in the world.
They guide us in our day-to-day decision making.
They help us build a work environment that fosters honesty, trust, teamwork, and open communication with each other.
Living our Values
GE SBI Leaders...Always with Unyielding Integrity:
Are passionately focused on driving customer success
Live Six Sigma Quality …ensure that the customer is always its first beneficiary…and use it to accelerate growth
Insist on excellence and are intolerant of bureaucracy
Act in boundaryless fashion…..always search for and apply the best ideas regardless of their source.
Prize global intellectual capital and the people that provide it……..build diverse teams to maximize it.
See change for the growth opportunities it brings like e-business
Create a clear, simple, customer-centered vision…….and continually renew and refresh its execution.
Create an environment of "stretch", excitement, informally and trust…..reward improvements……and celebrate results.
Demonstrate…always with infectious enthusiasm for the customer… the "4-E's" of leadership : the personal Energy to welcome and deal with the speed of change… the ability to create an atmosphere that Energizes others… the Edge to make difficult decisions…and the ability to consistently Execute.
Leadership Traits of the 4E’s
Energy - Leads by example. Initiates change. Challenges status quo, shares information widely, is open and candid with others.
Energize - Encourages others to make strong contributions, recognizes team contributions, listens effectively and questions to understand what others think. Encourages vigorous debate among team members, provides clear direction for the team, help team members learn from mistake.
Edge - Demonstrates high standard for personal conduct in all business transactions. Takes responsibility for own mistakes and puts into practice lessons learned. Makes good discussions when information is scarce, clearly asserts his own opinion, confronts conflict constructively.
Execute - Sets and meets aggressive commitments, selects talented high performing team members, changes plans when situations warrant it, welcomes feedback on own performance, quickly implements new and better ways of doing things.
