Defining Core Values
Defining Core Values

Defining Core Values

Type
Activation
Level
Beginner
Time Commitment
30–60 minutes
Description

Clarify the 4-5 core values that drive your decisions, shape your leadership, and anchor your business, so you can move forward with integrity and alignment.

Defining our values helps us to create guard rails around what type of work we want to be doing. It is the foundation for the boundaries we need to set and helps to narrow in on what will provide meaning in our lives.

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Examples of Values from Brene Brown’s work in Dare to Lead

Accountability Achievement Adaptability Adventure Altruism Ambition Authenticity Balance Beauty Being the best Belonging Career Caring Collaboration Commitment Community Compassion Competence Confidence Connection Contentment
Contribution Cooperation Courage Creativity Curiosity Dignity Diversity Environment Efficiency Equality Ethics Excellence Fairness Faith Family Financial stability Forgiveness Freedom Friendship
Fun Future generations Generosity Giving back Grace Gratitude Growth Harmony Health Home Honesty Hope Humility Humor Inclusion Independence Initiative Integrity Intuition
Job security Joy Justice Kindness Knowledge Leadership Learning Legacy Leisure Love Loyalty Making a difference Nature Openness Optimism Order Parenting Patience Patriotism Peace Perseverance
Personal fulfillment Power Pride Recognition Reliability Resourcefulness Respect Responsibility Risk-taking Safety Security Self-discipline Self-expression Self-respect Serenity Service Simplicity Spirituality Sportsmanship Stewardship
Success Teamwork Thrift Time Tradition Travel Trust Truth Understanding Uniqueness Usefulness Vision Vulnerability Wealth Well-being Wholeheartedness Wisdom
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What are your top 3-5 core values? These are the ideals you value most in life (see list above for examples).
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Define what each one means to you, and how it shows up in the way you live your life or the priorities you choose.

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What do you think your core values mean for your career or workplace culture? Is your current job, or a certain aspect of your life, violating any core values?
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How can you bring more of those words into your life?