this week we are delving into the topic of values…
Looking first at your personal values which in turn will influence your business values.
What are Personal Values:
Values are the principles that help you to decide what is right and wrong, and how to act in various situations. They are the basic and fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate attitudes or actions. They help us to determine what is important to us. They describe the personal qualities we choose to embody to guide our actions; the sort of person we want to be; the manner in which we treat ourselves and others, and our interaction with the world around us. They provide the general guidelines for conduct.
Examples of Values
Accountability - Achievement - Adaptability - Adventure - Altruism - Ambition - Authenticity - Balance - Beauty - Being the best - Belonging - Career - Caring - Collaboration - Commitment - Community - Compassion - Competence - Confidence Connection - Contentment - Contribution - Cooperation - Courage - Creativity - Curiosity Dignity - Diversity - Environment - Efficiency - Equality - Ethics - Excellence - Fairness Faith - Family - Financial stability - Forgiveness - Freedom - Friendship - Fun - Future generations - Generosity - Giving back - Grace - Gratitude - Growth - Harmony - Health Home - Honesty - Hope - Humility - Humor - Inclusion - Independence - Initiative - Integrity - Intuition - Job security - Joy - Justice - Kindness - Knowledge - Leadership Learning - Legacy - Leisure - Love - Loyalty - Making a difference - Nature - Openness Optimism - Order - Parenting - Patience - Patriotism - Peace - Perseverance - Personal fulfillment - Power - Pride - Recognition - Reliability - Resourcefulness - Respect Responsibility - Risk-taking - Safety - Security - Self-discipline - Self-expression - Self-respect - Serenity - Service - Simplicity - Spirituality - Sportsmanship - Stewardship Success - Teamwork - Thrift - Time - Tradition - Travel - Trust - Truth - Understanding Uniqueness - Usefulness - Vision - Vulnerability - Wealth - Well-being - Wholeheartedness Wisdom
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What are Business values?
Business values are the core values or standards that guide the way you do business. They sum up what your business stands for, influences the organisational culture and drives how and why you do things. While business plans and strategies may change, the core values of your business will usually remain the same. Company values help businesses grow and evolve without losing focus on what is important to them.
Business values: types
There are many different company values a business can take on, usually in various combinations, to help guide them in the way in which they do things. Types of company values include:
accountability
collaboration
customer focus
diversity
innovation
integrity
leadership
one team
partnerships
passion
professional
quality
WEEK 2 BOOK
This week's book recommendation is "Everything is figureoutable" by Marie Forleo.
This is a great book for people that want to explore their business in a creative way and learn how to set goals for the future.
Marie Forleo is an American entrepreneur that has set up her entire business helping people achieve their dreams in business.
This book is filled with daily mantras like "Progress not perfection" and really breaks down how to goal set in a creative way.
There are great exercises for people to determine their values and plan for the future!
It is a great book to get you motivated and inspired.
WEEK 2 PODCAST
This week's podcast recommendation is On Purpose by Jay Shetty he has fascinating conversations with the most insightful people in the world and shares those conversations with you.