K&K’s Core Values and Behaviors: Extraordinary Attributes that Define Us

The following is K&K Electric’s list of Core Values and Behaviors that we as employees all strive to embrace and follow.

We remember our core values by the mnemonic ‘ARCS-G‘: “As K&K Employees we are: Accountable, Respectful for People and Policies, Customer Driven and Focused with Urgency, Solution Oriented, and Growing Together.”

  • As K&K Employees we are: Accountable, we:
    • Take ownership of our work / Help others do the same
    • Are proud of our work
    • Are responsible for our roles
    • Work Smarter Not Harder / Plan ahead
  • As K&K Employees we are: Respectful for People and Policies, we:
    • Recognize People are our greatest assets (Employees and Customers)
    • Treat Others as They wish to be treated / Respect Others’ values
    • Create Win-Win situations
    • Stand behind what we Say / Do what we say we will do
    • Strive to Provide Positive Reinforcement (Positive reinforcement is key to respect)
    • Remain Humble with Confidence
    •  “Seek first to understand, then to be understood”
  • As K&K Employees we are: Customer Driven and Focused with Urgency, we:
    • Do what is best for our Customers
    • Deliver Value and Results
    • Stand behind our work / Are Quality Driven
    • Remain Professional
    • Make and Honor Commitments
    • Acknowledge Requests from Customers and Employees in a Timely manner
  • As K&K Employees we are: Solution Oriented, we:
    • Practice Blameless Problem Solving
    • Present Solutions to Problems (Problems without Solutions are just Complaints)
    • Seek the Truth / Get all necessary information first
    • Tell People only what they need to know and all that they need to know, the first time
    • Go the extra mile / Recognize No challenge as too difficult
    • Turn Problems into Opportunities
  • As K&K Employees we are: Growing Together, we:
    • Reinforce and Build Team bonds
    • Constantly Learn new things / Grow Professionally and Personally
    • Continually Improve / View “Good enough” as stagnation