Why DES - Advantage DES

A Thriving
Workplace
Culture is Good
for Business.

Why Advantage DES?

The Advantage DES formation program is designed to help transform the culture of your workplace. Businesses succeed when everyone can truly thrive through their efforts to return the highest yield for all stakeholders. Such success provides ample resources for your organization to serve the needs of the Common Good.

These healthy, thriving cultures share a pivotal foundation—the principles of dignity, equality, and solidarity.

Who does DES Serve?

Certification & Credential

Our comprehensive, scalable video training lawfully and justly addresses complex questions related to recruitment, staffing, compensation, benefit programs, performance review, employee relations, and much more. Providing each team member with a certification of program completion and granting official credentials to your business will not only fortify your company’s brand but also solidify its reputation as a workplace committed to honoring the dignity and well-being of every team member, irrespective of their identity.

Acquiring the Advantage DES credential marks the initial stride toward cultivating a workplace environment where everyone can flourish, contributing to the greater good for all.

The Common Good

That which is shared by and beneficial to all or most members of a given community.

All stakeholders in your business

Those constituents who contribute to and are served by the performance of your business, namely your investors, directors, employees, customers, suppliers, people who live in your community, and the agencies who serve them. Collectively, our nation.

High-performing Enterprises Need Healthy Workplace Cultures

Things don’t happen by themselves; people make things happen. Every person seeks purpose, meaning, and love. They discover their purpose and meaning by choosing to learn from leaders who share their knowledge and wisdom out of love and respect for those they encounter. As healthy cultures evolve, everyone can thrive if they choose to do so.

Numerous market studies have shown that high-performing enterprises with healthy workplace cultures dominate their marketplace. These companies consistently outperform their competitors with similar strategies but have unhealthy cultures.

A healthy culture—focused on human thriving—exists when the DES principles are commonplace.

The foundational principle of DES

Pursuing stewardship over entitlement. DES principals, when adopted, will challenge each person to ask a pivotal question: Are we called to serve or to be served?

Applying DES principles creates healthy, thriving workplaces.

Dignity

Every person is challenged to love, value, and respect the diversity of others.
Every person understands why they should respect another’s right to their opinion and beliefs.
Everyone is called to respect each other’s views but must never be forced to accept them. This is DES’s view of inclusion.

Equality

Every person is supported by their organization to grow in character and is challenged to learn and apply specific skills necessary for the organization to succeed.
Every person is connected and recognized in an equal fashion for their role in impacting organizational success.
When opportunities arise, everyone is equally invited to contribute their labor and is rewarded through a compensation system that is blind to their identity and reflects their performance and contribution to the organization’s success. This is commonly known as merit-based compensation.

Solidarity

Every person is recognized by their peers when they have contributed to their team and the organization’s success.
Every person celebrates the success of a fellow team member who has grown in character, applied learned skills, or performed a task that has made a noticeable impact on the organization’s success.
Every person is unified and values serving the common good of their ecosystem and communities impacted by their organization.

A Thriving Workplace Culture is Good for Business.