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The Vision + Value + Voice Model
People occasionally ask about the name of the first company we started to help leaders improve organizational cultures, E Pluribus Partners. It is a nod to “E pluribus unum,” the original motto of the United States, which means “out of many, one” in Latin. We chose this unusual-looking and tricky to pronounce phrase because it reflects how connection enables the best of what the many bring for the benefit of the collective one.
It’s interesting to note how other languages capture a similar notion. The French phrase esprit de corps, for example, literally means “the spirit of the body.” In certain countries in Africa, ubuntu refers to one’s connection to the community. At one of our seminars, a Japanese woman ...
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