This is about the Next Stage for you and our company. It's about who we are, where we're headed and about how you as a valued Wells Fargo team member can help us get there and share in our collective success.

We are a big company. We're the largest financial institution headquartered in the western U.S. We span all of North America. Our stock market value exceeds $110 billion. Forbes ranks us as the world's 26th leading company based on a composite of sales, assets, profits and market value. We're in the top 20 among all U.S. companies in profits and market value. We're one of America's 40 largest private employers, with more than 155,000 team members. We'll continue to grow not to become bigger but as a result of getting better.

Regardless of how big we are and how much territory we cover, we share, as one team, certain values that hold us together wherever we are and whatever we do. It doesn't matter what our responsibilities are, our levels or titles, what businesses we're part of, or where we live and work. We all should know our vision. We all should know how we contribute to achieving that vision. We all should be passionate about our values and share them with others. We believe everyone on our team is important and deserves respect. We believe everyone contributes to Wells Fargo being known as one of America's great companies