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Values booklet business brain
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Takeaway Workout: Values Elicitation
Time: Approx. 30 mins.
Purpose
The following exercise will allow you to explore your values or ‘drivers’ and help you to then link these to how and
why you run your actions and behaviour as you do. It is also an excellent exercise to use with other team
members or colleagues as it will generate understanding and collaboration.
Method
Here is a list of 300 values that may help you determine your top five values. Underline the values that stand out
to you and then reduce the list through a process of prioritisation till you are left with five core values.
Next – simply explore how you behave in order to fulfil these values. Look at both potential constructive and
destructive actions.
Now, how have these values supported your growth and if they have perhaps held you back? Perhaps it is time
to revisit how you either a) view the value itself or b) select a more supportive set of values without compromising
who you are.
Abundance
Acceptance
Accomplishment
Achievement
Acknowledgement
Activity
Adaptability
Adoration
Adventure
Affection
Affluence
Aggressiveness
Alertness
Altruism
Ambition
Amusement
Anticipation
Appreciation
Approachability
Assertiveness
Attentiveness
Attractiveness
Availability
Awareness
Balance
Beauty
Being the best
Belonging
Boldness
Bravery
Brilliance
Calmness
Candour
Capability
Caring
Carefulness
Certainty
Challenge
Charity
Charm
Chastity
Cheerfulness
Cleanliness
Clear-mindedness
Cleverness
Comfort
Commitment
Compassion
Completion
Composure
Concentration
Confidence
Conformity
Connection
Consciousness
Consistency
Contentment
Continuity
Contribution
Control
Conviction
Coolness