Impact of DES - Advantage DES

Enterprises Succeed When Their Employees Thrive

The Four Marks of High-performing Organizations Focused on Human Thriving

When a business applies the principles of dignity, equality, and solidarity, they contribute to an ecosystem that serves everyone involved.

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Mark 1: A Workplace Where Everyone Can Thrive

Workplace cultures built on the DES principles share common attributes:

An environment dominated by servant-leaders, where stewardship is modeled over ownership.
Core values focus on the well-being of employees.
Workplace culture KPI’s are transparent, measured and executed.
Such workplaces KPI’s lead the marketplace with higher employee job satisfaction, desire to go to work, longevity, promotability, earnings, and lower employment turnover.

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Mark 2: Create Sustainable Value

Sustainable enterprises thrive when market needs are served. Their products and services are designed to perform, and are delivered and sold at prices equal to the market’s value.

For-profit enterprises generate sufficient earnings to fund their operational needs, reinvest in enterprise expansion, and attract additional investors who are fond of the enterprise’s financial performance.
Nonprofit organizations fulfill their mission objectives, delivering results that attract additional benefactors inspired to donate and keep the organization sustainable. Like for-profit enterprises, they also serve market needs.

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Mark 3: Excellence in Serving the Common Good

Cultures built on the DES principles excel at serving the Common Good:

They are known in their marketplace as the place who cares about all the constituents served.
They work to keep their environment clean, safe, and free of harmful waste that impacts local and global communities.
They support the needs of their communities and encourage their employees to volunteer for community service.

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Mark 4: Nurturing a Thriving Ecosystem

Successful organizations built on these principles drive value far beyond the reach of their team and communities.

They will inspire many businesses and industries to embrace DES as a powerful approach to addressing workplace fairness and inclusion while serving the common good.
They mentor and support emerging businesses that embrace DES principles and seek to create thriving workplace cultures.
They prioritize forming business relationships that operate within this ecosystem.