Whether you are a CEO, Entrepreneur, individual contributor to an organization or family, keeping things in perspective can be a challenge but is absolutely necessary.
I am not only speaking about considering the “big picture”, “the grand scheme of things” or “on your death bed will it really matter”, I am talking about coming from the perspective of your values…in ALL that you do.
I recently presented this idea to a mastermind group and the feedback was amazing. The members of the group said that looking at things from their values point of view was a great concept that they could really see helping them with sales, managing their schedules and all other areas of their business and personal life. As each member spoke, there was a true sense of relief that they could see how approaching all things from the perspective of values would make their lives easier and more enjoyable.
As an accredited and COACHU trained coach, living from your values is at the core of my coaching. Be it executives or entrepreneurs, I always support my clients in aligning their business actions and way of being with their values.
While my clients usually “get it” right off the bat, the work oftentimes starts with defining their values or re-defining them, and then moves to aligning thoughts and actions with them. Not just one time, but day after day, week after week until it is ingrained and truly a way of BEING.
It is such gratifying work to support someone moving from “should” based actions (“As his director I know I should address this challenging employee but he is well respected for his technical ability it’s not critical at this moment) to a values based way of being (“As I director I value every member on my team and therefore I will address this potential situation now by having a courageous conversation with the challenging employee in support of the whole team”).
My values are connecting, encouraging, inspiring, influencing, and family and every time I operate from a values perspective things run much more smoothly and I find a greater amount of joy!
Have you defined your values? And if so, are you operating your business and living from a values based perspective?
If you haven’t yet defined your values, below is a partial list of values to serve as a starting point.
If you are interested in defining or redefining your values, contact me at kim@kimlmiles.com for a list of values to serve as a starting point.
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