🤔 Intro

Our values are a set of beliefs that tell us how to behave, treat one another and make hard decisions. They help us create a great culture, and ultimately, advance toward our mission of helping charities raise money online, so they can focus on improving the well-being of people and planet.

We want all people at Raisely to know what our values mean in action and how to use them to foster growth and development. To achieve these things, we’ve created a values in action framework.

• The back story > why and how did we get here?

💡 The values

🌱  The framework

The values in action framework serves 3 core purposes:

• Shows what our values mean in action, as behaviours
• Sets expectations about how we want everyone to go about their work and relationships
• Explains how you can extend your influence and impact across the organisation and world, enabling everyone to be a leader at Raisely

Each column of the framework describes a different level of values integration. These work cumulatively - meaning we encourage you to focus on embodying the behaviours in Self first, before focusing on developing behaviours in Raisely and World. This is because we feel the foundation of great leadership is self-management and awareness.

• Self. Demonstrating most of the behaviours in Self would indicate that you are embodying our values in a way that shows self-management and self-awareness.

• Raisely. Demonstrating most of the behaviours in Self and Raisely would indicate that you are embodying our values in a way that shows self-management, self-awareness as well as positive influence over others at Raisely. If you are at this stage, you are starting to act as a role model for our values, and are most likely indirectly motivating and coaching others around you to do the same.

• World. Demonstrating most of the behaviours in all three columns would indicate that you are embodying our values in a way that shows self-management, self-awareness, influence of others as well as influence and impact across the community and world.

  	Self	Raisely	World
  Be true & humble	→ Does what they say they’ll do
  → Sets and communicates their boundaries
  → Communicates collaboratively and comprehensively
  → Is slow to speak, and quick to listen
  → Speaks up when they see an opportunity to improve
  → Reflects on themselves before judging others
  → Makes hard calls without ego
  → Is honest about their strengths, weaknesses, and mistakes
  → Shows vulnerability, is open with their peers
  → Checks their biases and assumptions - asks, doesn’t assume
  → Balances maturity with authenticity during difficult times
  → Is able to respectfully disagree but commit when needed
  → Seeks to understand before making a judgement
  → Receives feedback graciously	→ Demonstrates and leads with respect
  → Pitches in when someone needs help
  → Celebrates the work of their team or others
  → Is considerate of others, their timezones, and lives outside of Raisely
  → Creates a safe space for others to be true and humble
  → Proactively checks on the wellbeing of others
  → Proactively seeks opportunities to lift others up
  → Assumes positive intent by default
  → Makes sacrifices for other people and teams when needed
  → Bravely pursues new ideas, even if the opportunity is uncertain
  → Is transparent and consultative in decision making	→ Empathises with our customers and the wider sector in everything they do
  → Invites collaboration from others outside of Raisely
  → Celebrates the success of others, including the competition
  → Seeks ways to improve the experience of others outside of Raisely
  → Creates opportunities to share their knowledge and experience with others
  → Advocates for inclusive and respectful treatment of others
  Move swiftly towards excellence	→ Sets ambitious goals and frequently communicates progress
  → Delivers high-quality work
  → Experiments with different ways of doing things
  → Takes big swings that push us forward
  → Works quickly, valuing completion over perfection
  → Shares failures and rapidly learns from mistakes
  → Respectfully challenges ideas or decisions
  → Constantly seeks feedback to improve themselves
  → Able to make decisions and express strong judgement
  → Asks for others help when you are facing roadblocks
  → Is curious and seeks to understand by constantly asking questions
  → Manages their own time, workload and competing priorities well
  → Anticipates problems and mitigates them independently	→ Creates a space for new and different ideas
  → Seeks advice before making a decision that affects others
  → Seeks opportunities to mentor and guide others
  → Invites effective collaboration with others
  → Isn't a hero
  → Fosters a culture of continuous improvement
  → Regularly communicates goals, strategy, and vision in a way people understand
  → Clearly articulates what good looks like, and what they expect of others
  → Celebrates the impact and excellence of others
  → Identifies and addresses roadblocks in our work
  → Drives forward initiatives that grow the impact of Raisely
  → Seeks new ways to improve the wellbeing of people and planet
  → Advocates for an extremely high standard of quality and value for our customers
  → Role models customer and industry advocacy
  → Shows curiosity about the world we operate in, and how we can help
  → Actively seeks ways to better support our customers
  → Constantly seeks to learn more about our industry, and uses that to help others excel
  Amplify others	→ Pushes themselves to grow and learn
  → Looks for new ideas and ways of doing things
  → Is never satisfied with the status quo
  → Avoids "busy work"
  → Seeks opportunities to make lasting change in their sphere of influence
  → Hands power over to others
  → Values action over ideas, and builds what they want to see at Raisely	→ Builds upon others' ideas by thinking "Yes, and..."
  → Helps team members achieve their goals
  → Empowers others, doesn't create dependencies on themselves
  → Considers other teams when making a decision
  → Actively documents their work and educates others
  → Is generous with their time when teaching others to help them succeed
  → Creates new initiatives that foster the growth of others
  → Considers potential harm before making decisions
  → Demonstrates a strong moral compass
  → Advocates for what's right by those we serve
  → Provides kind, constructive feedback to help others improve
  → Takes action towards a company that makes a lasting impact on its customers	→ Finds opportunities for Raisely to have a lasting social impact on the world
  → Develops solutions for our customers that grow their own capacity for success
  → Finds ways to add permanent, sustainable value for those we serve
  → Is a confident guide for others as they work towards their own goals
  → Prioritises purpose over profit in the decisions they make
  → Seeks to give lasting power to those who don't have it
  → Develops solutions that work for the many, not the few