Our Mission
Who We Are
The following five principles guide and organize the ways in which Habitus shows up in the world. Under each principle a few sentences describe its intent. Team members with novel ideas for achieving each principle are encouraged to experiment.
Habitus exists for one reason: to equip change-making individuals and organizations to drive systems-level transformation within the areas of environmental sustainability and social justice. We make decisions about Habitus governance and operations based on these same objectives: supporting regenerative natural systems and doing work in a way that is equitable, just, and inclusive. (See B Corp Certification below)
We believe in the skills that we teach, coach, and deploy at work. Because of this confidence, we use these skills in all areas of our lives: teaching, within Habitus, running client projects, and in our personal lives. We do not teach, nor do we advocate for, skills or approaches that we do not deploy in all areas of our lives.
We empower all who engage with Habitus to implement the skills and mindsets that we teach. Changing individual behavior is challenging. We support one another and our clients in meeting concrete goals and improving relationships through enacting behaviors that are more interests based and collaborative.
At Habitus, we treat all the people with whom we interact as humans first! We assume that everyone is motivated, creative, inspired and responsible. In order to bring out the best in our team we support each other in living rich and balanced lives both at work and beyond. We embrace the self-management idea of people positivity: When mistakes happen, as they will, rather than ask: "What is wrong with you?" we ask instead "What support or adjustments to our systems do you need in order to show up fully?" Humans show up differently depending on the way we are treated.
In order to fulfill our mission and to honor our commitment to those with whom we interact, we hold high standards around integrity, quality of our product delivery and, supporting these, excellent organization and task management.
Self Management At Habitus
Habitus Incorporated practices self management. This is a system of organizational management that prioritizes autonomy, trust, and transparency. Individual employees have a set of roles and responsibilities for which they have full decision making authority. Important company decisions get made by a circle of employees that includes all full-time employees. The values of self management are:
