This document discusses how establishing shared values can help groups work together effectively like Lego bricks. It provides examples of Lego's history and popularity. The document then explains how identifying a group's core values and their priority order before operating can unite members and guide decision making, just as the compatibility of Lego bricks allows for endless creative building. Values are presented as visual and something that can turn "me" into "we". Examples are given of value-driven leadership from Disney, Google, Starbucks and others. The document encourages determining one's values as an organization to drive commitment and connection between members.

1. Leading with legosOrdering your values…valuing your orderPresented by TRI Leadership Resources

2. Leading with legos EXERCISE4 even sized groups

3. 9 Lego bricks

4. Review the characteristic of each Lego brick

5. Assemble the Lego “leadership statements” in order of importance for your groupLeading with legos: Little Known FactsFounded in Denmark back in 1932

6. Made wooden toys until his factory burned down--BUMMER

7. Rebuilt and chose a plastic injection molding machine—BLESSING

8. Called his new plastic toys “Lego” derived from the Danish word “leg godt”

9. 235 billion Lego parts made to date

10. Employs 5,000 people and is 4th largest toy company in the world

11. Sold in 115 countries

12. 33,000 Lego bricks made every minute

13. Named “Toy of the Century”“LEGO” is derived from the Danish word “leg godt” meaning “PLAY WELL”

14. Leading with legos: Little Known FactsQUESTION: How many ways can you arrange SIX 8-studded LEGO bricks?ANSWER: 915,103,765 ways!

15. Leading with legos: Little Known FactsAmong the most reliable toys in the world

16. Only 18 out of every 1,000,000 fail to pass performance test

17. Lego makes 3,000 different elements yet they all fit together

18. A brand new brick fits with one made in 1958

19. A brick on any continent will fit with a brick anywhere else