EuergonCapacity at Work

Leadership Values Assessment

Your values show up most clearly when two good things compete.

This reflection helps you name what you protect, notice where your commitments pull against each other, and choose one way to live them when pressure rises. It takes about 25 minutes.

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A reflection tool for development, not a validated measure of leadership behavior

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Step 1

Start with your experience

Answer this before you see any list of values, so the words are yours.

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Your role Think of a recent leadership decision you felt good about. What mattered enough for you to protect, even when it cost you something?

Step 2

Choose what matters most

Priorities are what you are drawn to pursue or protect. Choose five, then rank them from 1 to 5.

There is no ideal profile. Choose what actually matters to you, not what sounds most admirable. No value on this list is more mature than another.

Choose two guiding principles

Principles describe how you believe you should act while you pursue your priorities. Choose the two you would find hardest to compromise, even under real pressure.

Step 3

Notice the tradeoffs

Each situation puts two good priorities in competition. Choose your natural leaning given what you are told. Every situation assumes the call is yours. If it is not a decision you would normally make, imagine that it is.

As you go, mark the one situation that was hardest to choose. That is the one we will look at together.

Assume you can't do both. In real life you might look for a third option, add hours, or delegate. Here, assume none of that removes the tradeoff. Your answer describes a choice in this situation. It does not establish your motive or how you always lead.

Step 4

Look at what happens under pressure

Think of a recent time you were under real pressure as a leader. What happened?

Touch on three things. What were you trying to protect? What became harder to live out? What might others have experienced from you? If you don't know what they experienced, say so.

Which of your values was most at stake in that moment?

Step 5

Choose one behavior to practice

When living one of these values gets difficult, what will you do? Name the situation and the behavior.

Make it something you do, not something you hope others will do, so you can practice it and someone can see it.

Before your conversation with Steve, save the snapshot as a PDF and download your responses. Send both to steve@euergonadvisory.com. Long answers may run onto a second page so your words stay readable.