Stage Five accounts for just under 2 percent of workplace cultures. It’s marked by “life is great” language, devoid of any competitor. It’s not that competitors don’t exist; it’s that they don’t matter. Values, which are important at Stage Four, are vital—a word literally meaning “life-giving.” Without them, the tribal culture would collapse to Four and keep falling. A noble cause—critical at Stage Four—is the group’s only compass.
