The key to the good life and good company is values (a great exercise for you inspired by James Timpson and Brene Brown)

James Timpson has just been appointed Prisons Minister. The Timpsons' story has become a beloved story of how focusing on trust, empowerment, non-judgement, and kindness has been the foundation of such immense success, by both culture and results.

Today, I'd like to give you a short exercise that is both inspired by James Timpson's note on Leadership and an adapted exercise from Brene Brown's Dare to Lead.

James Timpson's belief about Leadership reflects the values of the business he has led so brilliantly. This brings me to a short exercise that can be transformational.

Identifying your values

Our values define what we believe in and stand for. They guide everything that we do. We lead the most enriching lives and build the most inspiring and adored places to work when our values are not only clear but also true to them every day. So, here is an exercise I have slightly adapted from Dare to Lead.

1. Please take a look at the values listed below.
2. Write down the values that most resonate with you. Try to list no more than twenty, but don’t worry if you list more.
3. Work through those you have picked, then choose the five most important.
4. Once you have written your five, turn them into value statements like James Timpson's leadership notes.
5. Then live by them and build a better world :-)

I hope you find the exercise fun. I have no doubt James Timpson will find a way to build a prison system that builds a much better future for everyone.

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 fulfilment

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

Write your own ….

Have a great week, and take care,

Benjamin

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