Coaching practices for Role Alignment Values

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

  • We’ve got nice-sounding values up on the wall and the website, but they do nothing in the room when a real hiring or judgment call is on the table
  • I assumed we wanted the same things, but lately our differences keep surfacing and I can’t tell which ones are real gaps in what we value and which are just us never having checked whether we’re actually aligned.
  • I’ve named my top values, but looking back at the actual decisions I made this week, I’m not sure my behavior honored a single one of them
  • I say I value certain things, but when I look honestly at how I actually spent my week, my real priorities were something else entirely
  • I pour everything into one part of my life

Practices that may help

  1. Make core values operational, not decorative
    Use core values in hiring, recognition, and decision-making — not just on the website.
    The Rockefeller Habits: Scaling Up with Rhythm and Focus
  2. Align on core values — where they are shared and where they differ
    Map which values you genuinely share and which you each hold separately — without requiring convergence.
    The Shared Meaning System
  3. The values–behavior gap check
    Audit the last week: which of your top values did your actual decisions honor?
    Values Card Sort
  4. Check action against stated values — the alignment review
    Once a week, compare your stated values to your actual choices and name the gap honestly.
    The Pythagorean Evening Review
  5. Map your values across the four life domains
    Write one core value statement for each domain — work, relationships, personal growth, leisure — before touching the bullseye.
    Values Bullseye, Made Practical
  6. Rank your top values
    Force a strict order among your finalists so conflicts resolve in advance.
    Values Clarification, Made Practical
  7. Mapping shared and divergent values in a relationship
    Do the card sort alongside someone important to you and compare — do not assume your rankings match.
    Values Card Sort
  8. Model the values you expect (idealized influence)
    Become a living example of the values you want your team to hold.
    Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
  9. Audit your time against your values
    Compare where your hours actually go to the values you say you hold.
    Values Clarification, Made Practical
  10. Right livelihood — ethical audit of how you earn and spend your time
    Ask whether your livelihood causes harm to yourself or others — and where friction between your values and your work lives.
    The Noble Eightfold Path as a Practical Life Framework

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