Knowing your value in the marketplace is an important component in establishing personal leadership. In our first post in this series, we focused on how much emphasis recently has been placed on women’s issues, particularly in the workplace, and in women having the ability to know their value in the market. It seems as though much of the issue stems from women not knowing their value or undervaluing themselves whether it be as a news anchor as one recent book discusses or whether it be as a stay-at-home mom with a side business. I’m guilty of this, are you? Do
Continuing with the example of Graham, thework and life values he identified for himself are (those in blue you can click on to see job matches): $1· Responsibility for Outcomes and Results $1· Freedom to Make Decisions $1· Recognition $1· Flexibility of work schedule $1· High Earning Potential (related to cost of living in the area) $1· Culturally and socially rich city or environment Graham likes to be in charge and be responsible for his work and the outcomes that are achieved. And he wants to be compensated accordingly for the outcomes he achieves. He thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial
5 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU THROW YOURSELF OUT OF WHACK I’m a big advocate for living a balanced life. Like I mentioned last week, I especially advocate for living a balanced life based on your mission and the examination of a balanced lifestyle based on the roles in which you serve. But roles change as life changes, and having the flexibility and discernment to know when to throwing yourself out of balance is a wise decision for personal leadership is important. Some times when this may be appropriate is when your starting a new job, a new company,
KNOW WHAT YOU VALUE TO DETERMINE CAREER DIRECTION After examining your talents and passions (and also here), considering your values is an important piece in determining career direction. Values, in this sense, are not values that we should all strive for like integrity and honesty, but your personal work and lifestyle values that are unique to you. Oftentimes, I see that values are the first thing that gets neglected when considering career decisions, but they really help people eliminate certain career options or certain work environments more effectively than talents and passions do. How do I determine what I value?
In beginning to discuss lessons in personal leadership, I want to first define what I mean by “personal” leadership. Quite simply, this is the ability to lead yourself. It’s difficult if not impossible to have the capacity to lead others if you don’t have the ability to guide yourself in achieving outcomes that are important to you. To do this though, you have to first know what is important to you! Unfortunately many people, don’t sit down an actively consider what their priorities are based on what their purpose is, so therefore they end up letting things that aren’t aligned