Define Company Values That Attract Great Hires
Beginner
30 min
English
Generate a set of company values and culture principles in 30 minutes. Use in hiring, onboarding, and decision-making.
Steps
- Reflect on your founding story: why you started, what you believe in, how you want to work.
- List 3–5 core principles (e.g., "move fast," "customer obsessed," "transparent").
- Use the AI prompt to expand each principle into a value with examples.
- Share with co-founders and get feedback; refine.
- Create a 1-page "Values" document with each value and 2–3 behaviors that demonstrate it.
- Use in job postings to attract aligned candidates.
- Reference during 1-on-1s and performance reviews to reinforce culture.
Prompts to Use
My startup is {company_description}. My founding principles are: {principles}. Create 5 company values based on these principles. For each value, provide: 1. The value name 2. A 1-sentence definition 3. 3 examples of behaviors that embody it. Use a tone that matches our culture: {tone}.
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