Course 1, Discussion 5: 7 Cups Culture
Hello Leadership Crew!
I hope you have been benefitting from this course. This is the last discussion of our course 1.
We take culture seriously on 7 Cups because it is the heart of how we operate. A wise person once said: You teach what you know, but you reproduce who you are. We can have all of the best training content we want, but if our culture is not strong, then we will not be successful in growing a thriving, compassionate, community that will make a global impact.
Every organization has a culture whether by design or by default. When culture (including values and mission are not called out or made explicit, the organization defaults to an implicit or unstated culture. The unnamed culture is not always great for the end users or the community. An example of a common and implicit cultural rule or norm is that the person that makes the most money or the organization is the most important. People that work in this organization then, naturally, because it is the culture, start organizing themselves around ways to make more and more money. The ones at the top of the hierarchy are the ones that make the most money. 7 Cups cares less about money and more about compassion. We call out compassion and celebrate compassionate people because that is central to the work we do.
Please read our guide here to deeply understand our culture. We have made it explicit because we believe it is important to help us all be accountable to what we stand for and believe in. As leaders on 7 Cups, you will be models that emulate our culture and values.
✒️To help make it more real, in this post, please highlight the 3 most important things you learned from our guide and why they are important to you.
✒️ Please reply to at least 1 of your peers in this thread with encouraging or supportive words!
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@Hope To help make it more real, in this post, please highlight the 3 most important things you learned from our guide and why they are important to you.
- expect the failure,in order to succeed in life, only failure can enhnace and we can learn it from them
-Try Hard
-Learn and Grow
@AwarmHEART
These are great!! You're doing amazing :)
Hi @Hope
The 3 most important things I learned from the guide is trust, friendliness and conscientiousness and accountability. These three are my highlights because they each require a certain level of vulnerability and courage to get through. It has always been difficult for me to practice these three and this site has helped grow and improve.
1. Expecting Failure - Failing with focus and engagement is okay because no one is perfect and it is a way for me to grow
2. Equality - Everyone is valuable and as listeners, we need to treat everyone the same way
3. We have gas tanks - Behaviors can fill up or drain tanks, meaning that we need to be positive while watching out for negative behaviors
@calmstrawberry0608
i agree with you. failure is okay to think about because like you said, nobody is perfect. great response!
I learned that we can expect amount of failures but can learn and grow from them, this is achieved through hard work and also through collaboration and support of others@Hope
@Hope
✒️To help make it more real, in this post, please highlight the 3 most important things you learned from our guide and why they are important to you.
three most important things that i learned from this guide:
1) every organization has a culture, by design and/or default
2) 7 Cups is the largest Mental Health System in the world
3) being friendly and conscientious is a big part of being on 7 Cups!
✒️ Please reply to at least 1 of your peers in this thread with encouraging or supportive words!
✒️To help make it more real, in this post, please highlight the 3 most important things you learned from our guide and why they are important to you.
- Caring for the less fortunate
• Money isn't everything. You don't need money to be friendly and supportive.
- Caring for yourself
• If you don't care for yourself then you won't have enough energy to support others
- Trust
• Confidentiality is a key to keeping everything a secret and the other person will feel safer around you
✒️ Please reply to at least 1 of your peers in this thread with encouraging or supportive words!
@kristynsmama
You are awesome and yes we expect to fail but when we succeed it feels really good. Expect the worst prepare for the best. Hope for the future 😁😁
Hello, @DanCat1128
"You don't need money to be friendly and supportive;" I like that. Thank you for your highlights!
@SilverSeastar
You're welcome 😁😁
@Hope
✒️To help make it more real, in this post, please highlight the 3 most important things you learned from our guide and why they are important to you.
- Emphasis on Compassion: Compassion creates an environment where individuals feel heard and valued, promoting emotional well-being.
- Explicit Values and Mission: everyone is aligned with a common purpose, fostering unity and a sense of shared responsibility.
- Cultural Accountability: Making the culture explicit and holding individuals accountable to it helps in building a consistent and positive community.
@WhereIsRed
These are excellent and well detailed points.!
@4Jasmine
Thank you
✒️ To help make it more real, in this post, please highlight the 3 most important things you learned from our guide and why they are important to you.
- Friendliness and Conscientiousness—conscientiousness is too often viewed in a negative light, but it is to a degree important as the biggest single indicator of success.
- We Expect Failure—I am a perfectionist, so this point is a valuable reminder to me that as long as I am focused and trying, I shouldn't be too worried about failure; it's a part of the process.
- Skin in the Game—a good reminder that something of value will require time and/or money.
@SilverSeastar I completely agree with these, I didn't mention skin in the game but that is a really important one.
@SilverSeastar
I mentioned your first two, but also did not mention skin in the game and I like that you added it to your values as well. Its good to see different ideas and opinions here in this community.
What resonated with me the most was:
• Collaboration
• Strength-based
• It's OK to fail
Collaboration is always important for the success of any group. Additionally focusing on peoples strengths and allowing them to flourish accordingly leads to competent confident members. Finally allowing people to fail and grow from it is so important.
@serenePeace3726 I agree with that Serene! Finding our strengths and work on it with others hand in hand bring success. And most importantly failures are real and normal. We learned to walk after n number of falls💛
@ChromaticFinss I second that.
The things I found important were
To find our niche according to our interest and passion. We should work on it and give trials. Failures doesn't matter. At the end we will find our right path.
It's important to keep trust and become trustworthy.
We need to be self aware to refrain from unhealthy behaviours
Consider everyone as equal and everyone's job as valuable
@ChromaticFinss
I absolutely love this!! ♥ The entire Culture Guide was amazing! You've got this Fins!! 💪