Take a minute or two to examine this list. Which three words resonated with you most? For those values you noticed yourself aligning with, think about why you picked them. Was it a value your parents drove home for you as a kid? Did you overcome adversity and come out the other side, understanding the need for one of these values? Are there…

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People can be internally inconsistent. Sometimes it seems that someone values one thing, but they act another way instead. For those around them, this can be disorienting. When you see miscommunication or conflict arise, perhaps dig in to whether this may be the source.

If you pay attention, you can see how a person’s values dictate their behavior and ethics. Your values can be formed at a young age, and they can be a…

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Good company values do this. They convey a viewpoint that you can easily understand and check against. If you notice your company lacks a point of view in their mission statement and you’re in the position to push back, I highly suggest asking about it. Leadership is all about driving clarity, and company values should make it clear what the

It can also be hard to hear that our personal self-image doesn’t align with what others are experiencing of us.

Communicating our own values also gives our employees a bit of context about our working style and needs, which they’ll need in order to best understand us.

Doing work to understand values as a team can help members see one another as people, and understand where they are coming from. The act of sharing values can also have a side effect…

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Individual values can be related to ethics and what we think is moral. Cultural values can also reflect context that’s greater than an individual, and…

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When someone is acting in misalignment with their stated values, this is precisely when to be careful. In his book, Nonviolent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg points out that “All criticism, attack, insults, and judgments vanish when we focus attention on hearing the feelings and needs behind a message.”