When our leadership team wanted to define that set of values that would be both authentic and aspirational–a guide to being our best–they looked to our employees for help. Over the course of a year, we organized five in-person workshops, where leadership sought input and feedback from over 150 employees from all regions, departments, and levels. The project culminated in the launch of the mission and values below, along with the establishment of the Carmel Values Committee to ensure the integration of our values into the daily fabric of life at Carmel, and to sustain our focus on living these values long after the workshops were done.
Mission and Values
How we work together.
Our Mission
We create exceptional multifamily communities that enrich lives and neighborhoods.
Our Values
We are one team
We communicate and work together
We leverage the skills of others and the organization–we don’t do it alone
We trust in the process and the people who do it
We engage in healthy debate to drive the best outcome
We celebrate each other and the results of our teamwork
We treat one another with consideration
We respect and make room for each other’s diverse perspectives, voices, and backgrounds
We encourage new ideas and approaches
We think and behave like an owner and hold ourselves to the highest standards
We are empowered to make decisions and own our results
We take a long-term view and do what is best for our investments, our people, our company and our communities
We love what we do, and we have fun together
We are proud of our mission and what we create
We value work-life harmony
We earn trust by being ethical, honest, and transparent
We are accountable–we do what we say we will do
We are good stewards of our investors’ capital
We are dedicated to continuous professional and personal growth
We seek to not only ‘fix’ a problem, but creatively apply ourselves to the discipline necessary to ‘solve’ the underlying cause
We make well informed decisions based on data, experience, and best practices
We support innovation and thoughtful risk-taking