All core values
Performance
Follow-through
Closing the loop on every commitment, including the small ones.
Behaviors
- Confirms when a task is actually done
- Circles back on open questions
- Flags slippage before the deadline
Anti-patterns
- Enthusiastic yeses with no delivery
- Handoffs left dangling
- Silence as a status update
Reinforce it with
- Visible commitment tracking
- Meeting notes with owners and dates
- Reviews that check closure, not effort
Follow-through is what makes a team's word worth something.