Crusader Leadership Development Series

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Values-Based Leadership

• Crusader Leadership Development Series
• Kristy Brischke

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What is Values-Based Leadership?

• Values-based leadership is a way of making
  authentic decisions that builds the trust and
  commitment of employees and customers.
• -Richard Barrett, Richard Barrett
  Associates
• Barrett, R. (2005). Values-Based leadership. Why
  it is important for the future of your
  organization. Retrieved from http//www.valuescen
  tre.com/docs/ValuesBasedLeadership.pdf on March
  4, 2008.

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Decision Making.

• Three ways in dealing with situations
• Beliefs-Based
• Intuition-Based
• Values-Based
• Barrett, R. (2005). Values-Based leadership. Why
  it is important for the future of your
  organization. Retrieved from http//www.valuescen
  tre.com/docs/ValuesBasedLeadership.pdf on March
  4, 2008.

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Decision Making.

• Three ways in dealing with situations
• Beliefs-Based
• Lens used is based on similar situations youve
  faced
• Based in past experiences and contexts
• Imbedded in history and traditions
• Not complex enough to handle new experiences
• Barrett, R. (2005). Values-Based leadership. Why
  it is important for the future of your
  organization. Retrieved from http//www.valuescen
  tre.com/docs/ValuesBasedLeadership.pdf on March
  4, 2008.

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Decision Making

• Three ways in dealing with situations
• Intuition- Based
• Action is based on survival
• Judgment is suspended
• No meaning-making takes place
• Barrett, R. (2005). Values-Based leadership. Why
  it is important for the future of your
  organization. Retrieved from http//www.valuescen
  tre.com/docs/ValuesBasedLeadership.pdf on March
  4, 2008.

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Decision Making

• Three ways in dealing with situations
• Values- Based
• Can be applied to future situations
• Transcends both contexts and experiences
• Help us make decisions in situations that we have
  never experienced before
• They keep us aligned with our authentic self.
• Values are who we are.
• Barrett, R. (2005). Values-Based leadership. Why
  it is important for the future of your
  organization. Retrieved from http//www.valuescen
  tre.com/docs/ValuesBasedLeadership.pdf on March
  4, 2008.

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Leading with Values

• Finding your voice is absolutely critical to
  becoming an authentic leader
• To find your voice you must engage in two
  essentials
• Clarify your values
• Express yourself
• To become a credible leader, first you have to
  comprehend fully the values, beliefs, and
  assumptions that drive you
• Values also serve as guides to action
• Values are empowering
• Values also motivate
• People want to be part of something larger than
  themselves
• You must know what you care about
• Kouzes, J.M. and Posner, B.Z. (2002). The
  leadership challenge. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.

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Leading with Values

• Values-Based Leadership is when the leaders
  values are the guiding principles that determine
  leader behavior, which, in turn, motivates and
  inspires follower behavior. The end result is the
  high performance required for an organization to
  achieve competitive advantage and future
  success.
• Robert Preziosi, Nova Southeastern University

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Leading With Values

• Identifying your personal value system
• What do you value? Think of things that
• are important to you
• define your fundamental character
• supply meaning to your life and work (within
  your organization)
• influence the decisions you make
• compel you to take a stand
• provide an atmosphere in which you are most
  productive

Used with permission by Baylor University ,
Office of Student Activities
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Values-Based Leadership

• Step 1 Look over the list of values on the What
  do I Value in Life worksheet. This is not a
  semantics exercise, so feel free to cross out the
  descriptive words in parenthesis that have no
  meaning to you. Insert others if you wish. Circle
  each items level of importance to you.
• Step 2 Select your top eight values from the
  worksheet and rank them in order of preference
  (from most important to least important). If you
  have a value that is not on the list, feel free
  to write-in that value.

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Values-Based Leadership

• Step 3 Define each of your top eight values in
  your own words.
• Step 4 Think of your organization members,
  friends and family members. Would they be able
  to select the same top eight values for you based
  on what they know of you and the behaviors you
  exhibit?

Used with permission by Baylor University ,
Office of Student Activities
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Values-Based Leadership

• Step 5 Make a commitment to your values!

Used with permission by Baylor University ,
Office of Student Activities
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Values-Based Leadership

• Commitment is what transforms a promise into
  reality. It is the words that speak boldly of
  your intentions. And the actions which speak
  louder than the words. It is making time when
  there is none. Coming through time after time
  after time, year after year after year.
  Commitment is the stuff character is made of the
  power the change the face of things. It is the
  daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
• Unknown, commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln

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Leading with your Values

• In the past week, how have you applied your
  values in your organization?
• What behavior will you change that is not inline
  with your top values?
• What initiative/behavior will you begin to do for
  your organization that will promote your values?

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Pulling it all Together

• What we accomplished
• You are now ready!
• You have identified your top eight values!
• You are equipped to make the right decisions for
  your organizations!
• You are empowered to do the right think
  throughout your leadership experiences!

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Thank you!!

• Please feel free to contact me
• or come by my office!
• Kristy Brischke
• Student Life Office (Frazier Hall)
• 295-5402 or kbrischke_at_umhb.edu