As an organization we view ourselves as a for purpose organization or business. We are always striving to find ways of improving our business model and continuously look to other industries to benchmark I recently read “The Google Way” and a few articles on the Amazon and Zappos business models regarding managing a team and setting up a successful business structure. As we transition to the next phase for our organization in our new Center for Pets, we felt that it was important to begin structuring ourselves more like a business, while still maintaining our mission . Thus, our journey to set up the Lynchburg Humane Society as a purpose driven organization began. With all of this in mind, we decided our first step was to create core values for the organization. The new core values, as with any business, will guide us in our day to day operations and in our staffing decisions to better serve the community and the pets in our care. We would like to share with yo