Four tools leaders can use to uncover their deeper values

<p>&lsquo;As a leader, you first need to define your values, and then use them to guide your decisions and behaviour.&rsquo;</p> <p>Sounds easy, right?</p> <p>While the principle is sound, I find that in practice many leaders struggle to stop, pause, and reflect in ways that reveal underlying values and sources of meaning in their lives.</p> <p>I recently had a conversation with an executive about how to explore and give shape to his underlying values. In the process of our discussion, I shared with him several tools/exercises that I&rsquo;d like to profile here, in case they help others with their introspection.</p> <h1>Core values list</h1> <p>This&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o848jwizlkpzagv5jnjpp/Core-Values.docx?rlkey=v9pctxqpf38bpmh7t8uhh602q&amp;dl=0" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">sheet&nbsp;</a>provides a list of numerous core values. Leaders might first start an exploratory process by &lsquo;free form&rsquo; listing all the values that seem important to them, and then using this list to see if they missed anything important.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@jacksonlead/four-tools-leaders-can-use-to-uncover-their-deeper-values-50c805036380"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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