All core values
Performance
Initiative
Moving on obvious problems without waiting for permission or a perfect brief.
Behaviors
- Fixes the small broken thing it finds
- Proposes solutions with the problem
- Starts the draft nobody assigned
Anti-patterns
- 'Not my job' as a default
- Waiting for a meeting to act
- Initiative that skips alignment entirely
Reinforce it with
- Clear guardrails for autonomous action
- Recognition for unassigned fixes
- Low-friction paths to propose work
Initiative is what fills the gaps no process anticipated.