CENTER FOR VALUES-BASED INITIATIVES
Integrity | Leadership | Respect | Service
Increasing organizational trust and performance
through values-driven planning
Integrity | Leadership | Respect | Service
Increasing organizational trust and performance
through values-driven planning

"Alignment eradicates unpredictability which instills trust.
Dr. Bostrom's book is transformative and central to this premise."
— Art Johnson, Bestselling Author, The Art of Alignment, CEO Infinity Systems
"A structured plan for improving trust through hiring, management, and promotion - based on what communities say they want, not what police think they want."
— Dr. Ben Bradford, Professor of Global City Policing, University College London
"Draws on extensive empirical work and decades of leadership experience to reveal practical ways police departments can build the legitimacy communities deserve."
— Dr. Carolyn Hoyle, Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford
"I can clearly say that values-driven policing works, and police executives should read and implement the principles set forth in this book."
— Joseph Dotseth, Chief of Police, Metro Transit Police Department, Minnesota
See how community and staff engagement leads to increased trust.
"This I believe will be the model for policing in the country within the next five to ten years."
—Chief Booker Hodges, Bloomington Police Department, Minnesota

Providing trust-based leadership
and values-driven services since 1982.

We distinguish ourselves by aligning shared values with intentional practices that increase trust at every level of an organization.
“If you believe that values-driven behavior
builds trust and drives organizational success,
we are ready to help you develop the strategies
and practices that turn vision into results."
—Matt Bostrom, President