Valuesbased leadership

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Values-based leadership

• Karin Klinger, M.S.Ed.
• Baylor University
• February 2, 2007

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Values-based leadership

• What is Values-Based Leadership?
• Leading from a foundation of the Five Values of
  Baylor University Student Organizations
• Respect All Persons
• Be Vision and Purpose Minded
• Do No Harm
• Demonstrate Good Stewardship
• Intentionally Influence
• Leading from a foundation of your personal value
  system

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Values-based leadership

• Respect All Persons
• Actively value and honor the similarities,
  difference and contributions of every individual
  as a unique and contributing member of the Baylor
  University Community.
• Be Vision and Purpose Minded
• Be positive ambassadors ad representatives of the
  values, mission and purpose of both your
  organization and Baylor University. Refrain from
  activities that cheapen or do not advance these
  ideals.

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Values-based leadership

• Do No Harm
• Demonstrate active care for the emotional,
  physical, spiritual, social, and intellectual
  well being of every individual within and outside
  of the organization.
• Demonstrate Good Stewardship
• Operate with integrity in the management/
  development of resources your organization has
  been entrusted with create a legacy of leaving
  things better than you found them.

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Values-based leadership

• Intentionally Influence
• Serve as a positive force within your
  organization and the University. In both the
  leadership and followership roles that you have,
  build up, encourage, and advance the causes and
  purposes of Baylor and your organization
  bringing about positive change in all arenas of
  influence.

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Values-based leadership

• Why did Student Activities adopt the Five Values?
• Minimize the rules-orientation reputation and
  function of the Department
• We as a Department and you as students need to
  make wise, values-based decisions
• Higher-level thinking higher-level behavior
• Higher expectations opportunities to rise to
  those expectations
• All University and Student Activities policies
  fall under the umbrella of the Five Values

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• How do the Five Values influence your work?
• What does it mean to model the Five Values?
• Which of the Five Values does your organization
  best exemplify?
• Which of the Five Values does your organization
  need to work to better embody?

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Values-based Leadership
We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by
side one that we preach, but do not practice,
and another that we practice, but seldom
preach. -Bertrand Russell
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Values-Based Leadership

• To be a Values-Based Leader means understanding
  the Five Values of Baylor University Student
  Organizations
• Respect All Persons
• Be Vision and Purpose Minded
• Do No Harm
• Demonstrate Good Stewardship
• Intentionally Influence
• To be a Values-Based Leader means identifying
  your personal value system

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Values-Based Leadership

• Identifying your personal value system
• What do you value? Think of things that
• are important to you
• define your fundamental character
• supply meaning to your life and work (within
  your organization)
• influence the decisions you make
• compel you to take a stand
• provide an atmosphere in which you are most
  productive

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Values-based leadership

• Step 1 Select your top eight (8) values from the
  value cards provided if you have a value that
  is not in the cards, you will find several blank
  cards you can use to create your own values! Use
  the green prompting statements to help you narrow
  down your top eight (8).
• Step 2 Prioritize your top eight (8) values from
  most important to least important.

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• Step 3 Define each of your top eight (8) values
  in your own words.
• Step 4 Think of your organization members,
  friends and family members. Would they be able
  to select the same top eight (8) values for you
  based on what they know of you and the behaviors
  you exhibit?

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• Step 5 Make a commitment to your values!

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Values-based Leadership
Commitment is what transforms a promise into
reality. It is the words that speak boldly of
your intentions. And the actions which speak
louder than the words. It is making time when
there is none. Coming through time after time
after time, year after year after year.
Commitment is the stuff character is made of the
power the change the face of things. It is the
daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
Unknown, commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln
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Values-Based Leadership

• Bringing it all together
• How does your personal value system connect with
  the Five Values of Baylor University Student
  Organizations?
• Knowing your personal value system now and
  understanding the Five Values equips you to make
  the right decisions and to do the right thing
  throughout your leadership experiences!

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Values-Based Leadership

• Thanks for being here!
• Come by our offices
• Student Activities (SUB, first floor)
• One Bear Place 97074
• 254-710-2371
• www.baylor.edu/student_activities