How to navigate a values conflict at work as a leader

Leaders face unique challenges when their company’s values clash with their own. Here are four steps to take when this happens.

In general, your satisfaction with work is driven in part by whether your organization has a mission that is aligned with your values and goes about its work in a manner that is consistent with how you choose to live your life. I have written about the impact of values conflicts at work broadly before, but there are several specific problems that arise when you are a leader and the organization wants to do things that are a mismatch to your deeply held commitments.