All core values
Trust

Commitment

Staying aligned with the mission and the people in it, especially when the work gets harder or more ambiguous.

Behaviors

  • Renegotiates scope before abandoning it
  • Finishes the hard project others started
  • Shows up prepared even when motivation is low

Anti-patterns

  • Enthusiasm that disappears at friction
  • Quietly deprioritizing promises
  • Jumping to the next shiny thing

Reinforce it with

  • Public commitments with owners
  • Completion rituals
  • Stories of people who stayed through the hard part
Commitment is the promise people can plan around.