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MY OWN JOURNEY TO VALUES BASED LEADERSHIP

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES• Learn what are values and why they are

important and understand the concept of Values-based leadership.

• Reflect on the current stage of your own personal journey by conducting a personal self-assessment.

• Learn about the 7 levels of personal consciousness model and the concept of full-spectrum leadership.

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PERSONAL VALUES ASSESSMENT• The Personal Values Assessment is a simple survey that

takes just a few minutes of your time and provides a wealth of information about why you do what you do.

• Please, visit the following link and fill out your own Personal Values Self-Assessment: https://survey.valuescentre.com/survey.html? id=s1TAEQUStmx-pUIle-ma6Q

• After you conduct the survey, you will receive a written report on your email. After you review it and reflect upon it, please continue with this lesson.

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VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIPThe road to being an authentic and values-based leader starts with knowing own values, continues with “aligning behaviour with personal values, and constantly self-monitoring to ensure consistency”. Such consistency “results in a transparency of moral outlook that will inspire followers, first to have confidence in a leader’s ability and motives” (Kouzes and Posner, 2002) and second, “to develop authenticity in their own actions”. (Luthans and Avolio, 2003).”

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WHAT ARE VALUES?“According to sociologists values are: “The ideals and customs of a group toward which the people have an effective regard.” I prefer to define values in a more pragmatic way: “Values are the energetic drivers of our aspirations and intentions.” ― Richard Barrett, Barrett Value Centre

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WHAT ARE VALUES?- continued• “Our values reflect what is important to us. They are

a shorthand way of describing our individual and collective motivations. Together with beliefs, they are the causal factors that drive our decision-making.”

• “Who you are as a leader—the values you embrace, and the beliefs you hold— is automatically transmitted to the group you are responsible for through your words, behaviors and actions.”

― Richard Barrett, Barrett Value Centre

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POSITIVE OR POTENTIALLY LIMITINGValues can be positive, which support our growth and development or potentially limiting, which hinder it.• Examples of positive values: Trust, Collaboration,

Creativity, Passion, Honesty, Integrity• Examples of potentially limiting values: Power,

Blame, Greed, Bureaucracy, Status-seeking, Being Liked, Caution, Control

Click here to read more: https://www.valuescentre.com/mapping-values/values

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PERSONAL ENTROPYPersonal entropy is the amount of fear-driven energy that a person expresses in his or her day-to-day interactions. Fear-driven energy arises from the conscious and subconscious fear-based beliefs (limiting beliefs) that people have about meeting their deficiency needs.Read more here: https://www.valuescentre.com/mapping-values/leadership/personal-entropy

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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE This exercise is designed to show the link between values, beliefs and behaviors. It allows you to experience the emotional ties you have to certain values. Download the form from the link and fill it in: https://www.valuescentre.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2010-10-20/Values%20Beliefs%20Behaviours.pdf

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THE SEVEN LEVELS OF PERSONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Every human being on the planet evolves and grows in consciousness in seven well defined stages. Each stage focuses on a particular existential need that is common to the human condition. These seven existential needs are the principal motivating forces in all human affairs.

Click to read the full article: https://www.valuescentre.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2010-07-06/The%207%20Levels%20of%20Personal%20Consciousness-1.pdf

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A NEW LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESSA new level of thinking requires a new level of consciousness. We cannot solve our problems with the same way of thinking that created them. ― Albert Einstein

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SUMMARY

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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE• Please, decide which is the level that most

represents where you are in your life today as a person. – Think why you are at that level. What is going on right now

in your life? – How do you feel at this moment of your life?

• How could you support your future development? – Is there something that hinders your development? – Who or what could nurture and support your development?– How else could you encourage your development?

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THE SEVEN LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP CONSCIOUSNESS Please read the following article: https://www.valuescentre.com/sites/default/files/uploads/the_7_levels_of_leadership_consciousness.pdf

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FULL-SPECTRUM LEADERSHIPAn authentic, full spectrum leader must understand and master his or her personal dynamics, as well as the dynamics of the organization or team he or she leads. Leading yourself and leading others is not the same thing. You must be able to lead yourself before you can effectively lead others. Leading an organization is even more demanding and requires an additional set of competencies and skills than leading yourself and leading others. Full spectrum leaders display all the attributes of the Seven Levels of Leadership Consciousness.― Richard Barrett, Barrett Value Centre

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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISEThis is a quick self-assessment exercise to evaluate your own leadership and see how it aligns with the Seven Levels of Leadership. You could also ask someone else to assess you, and see if your scores are in alignment.:https://www.valuescentre.com/sites/default/files/uploads/full_spectrum_leadership_survey2.pdf

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SUMMARY

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RECALLING YOUR GREATNESS“To recall your personal greatness, you need to start the process of chipping away everything that is not truly you. • The fears you have picked up. • The limiting beliefs you have accumulated.• The false assumptions that divorce you from your most

authentic - and staggeringly brilliant - self.”

― Robin Sharma

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INDIVIDUAL EXERCISENow that you have conducted self-assessments and have read the articles, please reflect upon the following questions and write in your notebook your answers:• What did you learn about yourself? • What will happen if you change nothing?• What is it you really want?• Why do you want it?• What are you going to do next?