Values: Personal Values

Thought Tweet #407 COURAGE: self-inflicted mental and moral strength to act in the face of fear, difficulty, and criticism The Thinking Behind the Tweet…

This is the first in a series of Thought Posts about building self-confidence. To get started, here is our definition of self-confidence: Confidence is what…

As part of our BIG PICTURE, Spirited Leaders has 5 Values . One of those 5 Values is: Labours of Enjoyment & Enthusiasm . In simple words, we want our People…

Here is the thought behind that Question... Recently, I read Jim Estill's CEO blog 1 about work ethic. It reminded me of the stinging little Thought Post I…

Thought Tweet #382 Courage, Core, Encourage, and the Latin word Cor ["Heart"]…it isn't coincidence! The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Spirited Leaders…

Do you spend enough time L earning ? Do you view learning as knowledge sharing? Do you view learning as knowledge creation? According to experts 1 , learning…

An excerpt 1 , about Character & Courage: To Sustain Good Judgment, a Leader Must Have Character and Courage Character provides the moral compass. Courage…

Everyone knows personal values influence people's behaviour. Most people know the interplay between people's personal values create culture, including the…

Part 1 of The Master Rules can be summed up just the way my 2nd boss taught it to me: He who carries the gold makes the rules . Part 2 of The Master Rules is…

Thought Tweet #360 Integrity means different things to different people! The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Merriam-Webster online Dictionary defines…

Thought Tweet #352 When Leaders tell followers what to do they need to limit that telling to BIG PICTURE things. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Some…

WHO are we? Our Vision : Canada’s best source for entrepreneurial business education WHAT do we do? Our Purpose : We educate entrepreneurs. HOW do we do…

Can you tell me what you want? I ask business people that question a lot. It is a simple question yet, for most people, it is difficult to answer. Up until…

A dozen things you better know 1. You better know your Chief Desire Whether you have a vivid lifelong Vision or a keen interest in accomplishing something…

Spirited Leaders conducts a series of 6 workshops, designed to share our key thoughts about 6 areas where Leadership skill results in ‘big ROI’. The 6 areas…

Your personal values act like a little panel of judges. This little panel of judges renders judgements with lightning speed. This little panel of judges can…

Download PPT Click to view presentation

At Spirited Leaders , values and personal values mean the same thing. Values & Personal Values the qualities, standards, and principles a person desires…

Why? Why do personal Values fuel everything ? As an introduction, here are a few answers: Decision-Making is simplified when values are clear and known. When…

We have defined Integrity . Definition of Integrity When you know your Personal Values and When you can express your Personal Values in writing [showing how…

On many fronts, Integrity is important to me. Many who know me have heard about the Integrity Experiment we conducted in 2005. Prior to 2005, I had this…

During a conversation last Friday, we were discussing personal values and my friend said something like, “ Well, they bring their values with them ”. This…

This blog contains an argument in support of doing strategic planning in the following sequence: Vision Statement Mission Statement Culture Statements…

After being inspired by Stephen Covey* and others, and giving it all some thought, I have come up with and adopted the following… Definition of Integrity…

William Dimma has served on over 50 corporate boards and 40 not-for-profit boards. He is well-recognized with doctorate and honourary degrees from several…

During a recent strategic-planning session we discussed corporate Values and Culture. I mentioned Spirited’s corporate Values are: Courage, Confidence…

Recently, I was chatting with a business friend and he felt family businesses had better values than other businesses. To be more specific, we were…

Planned Change & Emergent Change…these are the two types of business change Linda Gregorio described when she presented to the Centre For Family Business…

My friend, Ben Bach, thoughtfully loaned me his copy of the book ‘Enough. True Measures of Money, Business, and Life ’, written by John C. Bogle, the founder…

Here’s a quote from an article titled ‘ Does Corporate Culture Matter? The Case of Enron ’, written by A.J. Schuler, Psy.D. “Enron’s corporate culture best…