Principle Based Management™
Principle Based Management is a framework based on the principles of human progress that enables individuals and organizations to succeed long term by creating superior value for others.
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Live Events: Learning With Others
Koch employees can participate in live, online sessions with other employees and PBM facilitators. Click the links below to register for upcoming PBM sessions, explore other Koch learning events, and more! Sessions are offered in multiple languages and time zones.
New to Principle Based Management?
PBM Quick Start can help! Quick Start offers both on-demand and facilitated learning options for a handful of PBM principles that are core to everything we do.
Becoming a Principle-Driven Leader is here!
Ready to dive in?
Becoming a Principle-Driven Leader offers a practical, story-driven, lifelong-learning platform that helps anyone apply principles to solve problems and build an enduring business and life.
Using AI to Sharpen Your Thinking
Principle Companion and AskFred can help you turn feedback into your next contribution. Try these prompts:
- “Here is feedback I received this year: ____. Help me identify the strengths it points to and one capability worth building next.” Note: Try it in Copilot!
- “I want to talk with my supervisor about contributing in a different way. Here is what I’m considering: ____. Help me prepare so the conversation focuses on mutual benefit.”
- For Supervisors: “I’m preparing for a feedback conversation with an employee in a ____ role. Here is what I’ve seen of their strengths and growth this year: ____. Help me draft questions that make it easy for them to raise interest in new responsibilities or a different role.”
Fundamentals
Explore the essential elements of Principle Based Management.
Applying PBM
Being guided by principles often results in us taking a different approach to many common business or organizational practices.