Values-based
leadership
Karin Klinger, M.S.Ed.
Baylor University
February 2, 2007
Values-based leadership
What is “Values-Based Leadership?”
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Leading from a foundation of the Five
Values of Baylor University Student
Organizations:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
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Respect All Persons
Be Vision and Purpose Minded
Do No Harm
Demonstrate Good Stewardship
Intentionally Influence
Leading from a foundation of your
personal value system
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I.
Respect All Persons

II.
Actively value and honor the similarities,
difference and contributions of every
individual as a unique and contributing
member of the Baylor University Community.
Be Vision and Purpose Minded

Be positive ambassadors ad representatives of
the values, mission and purpose of both your
organization and Baylor University. Refrain
from activities that cheapen or do not advance
these ideals.
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III. Do No Harm

Demonstrate active care for the emotional,
physical, spiritual, social, and intellectual well
being of every individual within and outside of
the organization.
IV. Demonstrate Good Stewardship

Operate with integrity in the management/
development of resources your organization
has been entrusted with – create a legacy of
leaving things better than you found them.
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V.
Intentionally Influence
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Serve as a positive force within your
organization and the University. In both the
leadership and followership roles that you
have, build up, encourage, and advance the
causes and purposes of Baylor and your
organization – bringing about positive change
in all arenas of influence.
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• Why did Student Activities adopt the Five
Values?
 Minimize the rules-orientation reputation and
function of the Department
 We as a Department and you as students need to
make wise, values-based decisions
 Higher-level thinking = higher-level behavior
 Higher expectations = opportunities to rise to
those expectations
 All University and Student Activities policies fall
under the umbrella of the Five Values
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• How do the Five Values influence your work?
 What does it mean to model the Five Values?
 Which of the Five Values does your organization
best exemplify?
 Which of the Five Values does your organization
need to work to better embody?
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“We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by
side: one that we preach, but do not practice,
and another that we practice, but seldom
preach.”
-Bertrand Russell
Values-Based Leadership
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To be a Values-Based Leader means
understanding the Five Values of Baylor
University Student Organizations:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
•
Respect All Persons
Be Vision and Purpose Minded
Do No Harm
Demonstrate Good Stewardship
Intentionally Influence
To be a Values-Based Leader means
identifying your personal value system
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• 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
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Step 1: Select your top eight (8) values from the
value cards provided – if you have a value
that is not in the cards, you will find several
blank cards you can use to create your own
values! Use the green prompting statements
to help you narrow down your top eight (8).
Step 2: Prioritize your top eight (8) values from
most important to least important.
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Step 3: Define each of your top eight (8) 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 (8) values for
you based on what they know of you and the
behaviors you exhibit?
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Step 5: Make a commitment to your
values!
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“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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• Bringing it all together…
 How does your personal value system connect
with the Five Values of Baylor University Student
Organizations?
 Knowing your personal value system now and
understanding the Five Values equips you to make
the right decisions and to do the right thing
throughout your leadership experiences!
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Thanks for being here!
Come by our offices:
Student Activities (SUB, first floor)
One Bear Place #97074
254-710-2371
www.baylor.edu/student_activities