Values - shape performance...

Values, important to all of us no matter we live them or want to admit that they exist both in privatelife but also businesswise.

Consider your own personal values for some minutes, what is important to you? And what is really important to you ? What are your values in life? How does it affect your attitudes and behaviours in real life? How do your values impact on you?

It does not take a minute to think about this, that is for shure. I lived a long time of my life with values I had on my list, but it was strange to realize that I did not live them very well.

My needs and wantings were something completely else. But hello.. whos values were on my wall then? Some hard to admit when you are at my age but truly... they were not my own and mostly I can refer them to my father very much.

He was the one, printing them to me, invisible but very alive, and clear and yes... I agree, they sounded very good and great and wanted to be perfect so... I tried my best. And realized I failed ... or.. succeeded. Succeeded to finally wake up and consider that I was living someone elses values.

When I have worked with teams and organisations, I have had a succesfull time creating values, attitudes and behaviours within the teams. Creating common values, rules and wanted behaviours and attitudes... and also.. implement them, so to say... start living the values as well.. and measure, and follow up, and give feedback, to strength and to get the value out of it.

Values shape performance, I truly believe in that, and I have seen it in real life. And it goes for myself as well.

Back to the my own values, It has taken me some years to admit, that my values are not the one I am trying to live, they are different and others. So... I have to rewrite them, and remind me about my values. And how I want to live them.. and mostly what attitude and behaviours I will add to strenghten them. Its never to late to be honest to yourself, and your values, and be a bit selfish or ego, as you are the most important person in your life.

I love to see the value on the top of my list: I promis to love myself that much that I will put my needs and wantings first and create the good from that.

From " 7 habits of highly effective people ",..... Put first things first... true in many dimensions.

I look forward to the day I will team up again and create that team common values. At least I have a draft of a list ready just to be executed and lived.

Good night,
Anna