LEADING BY PERSONAL EXAMPLE:
DEFINING YOUR CORE VALUES /
CREATING YOUR LEADERSHIP STATEMENT
CSUN EY Professional Leadership Seminar—Fall 2008
Barbara L. Lazarony
WHEN YOU GET TO THE PEARLY GATES…
ESSENCE:
“The most significant element, quality, or aspect
of a thing or person.” --Miriam-Webster Dictionary
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus:
THREE PARTS OF THE MIND, ONE STEP FURTHER
Are you a Human Thinking?
Skills & Talents
(Skills & Talents)
Cognitive or “Thinking”
Are you a Human Feeling?
(Core Values)
Core Values or Needs
Affective or “Feeling”
Are you a Human Doing?
(Instinct & Drive)
Instinct & Drive
Conative or “Doing”
Are you a Human Being?
(Essence)
Essence
“Be”
GROUP EXERCISE
What shows up
when I do?
Or
USING
What qualities
enter the room
when I do?
+ ADJECTIVES
Is there anything
else?
And… Thank you
(Look directly into
their eyes!)
OR WORD PHRASES
--From Rosie Kuhn &
Todd Zimmerman,
ITP Coaching
Program
BARBARA’S ESSENCE COLLAGE
This exercise
points us towards
our essence…but
it is not our
essence.
Barbara is…
(I am…)
Warmth
Compassion
Energy
Cheerfulness
Playful
Brilliant
WHAT WOULD LIFE “BE” LIKE IF YOU LIVED FROM
YOUR “ESSENCE” AS A LEADER?
“Please…tell me who you are and
what you want. And if you think
those are simple questions, keep
in mind that most people live
their entire lives without arriving
at an answer.”
-- Gary Zukav
IDENTIFY YOUR TOP “5” CORE VALUES,
IN ONLY FIVE MINUTES…
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Acceptance
Achievement
Admiration
Adventure
Attention
Balance
Comfort
Community
Competition
Confidence
Connected
Contribution
Control
Creativity
Education
Empathy
Empowerment
Excellence
Fairness
Family
Flexibility
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Freedom
Friendship
Fun
Genuineness
Harmony
Happiness
Health or Fitness
Honesty
Independence
Integrity
Intimacy
Job/ Career
Leisure
Love
Loyalty
Make a difference
Money
Nature
Needed
Passion
Peace
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Personal Growth
Praise
Prove a point
Recognition
Respect
Risk
Safety
Security
Service
Solitude
Spirituality
Status
Structure
Success
Time
Trust
Truth
Understood
Unique
Valued
Wisdom
WHO ARE YOU?
LEADERSHIP "YOU” VISION BOARDS
WHO STEERS YOUR “LEADERSHIP”?
Using:
Poster Board: 22"X 28" (minimum size)
Rubber Cement
& Photographs, Words, Symbols, Quotes, Magazines cutouts, etc.
Create:
• A Vision Board that describes who you want to
become as a leader
• Incorporating all of whom you’d like to become,
including your thinking, feeling, doing and being self.
• There may be many people who inspire you and
that is excellent, but the question remains…
Who do you want to become?
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead
Thank you!