Leadership and Life Essentials: Decisions, Discomfort and Core Values - Navigating the Tough Decisions

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of using core values to navigate tough decisions in leadership.

Most leaders can name their core values. Far fewer use them to make the hard calls — the client who doesn't feel right, the opportunity that looks good on paper, the shortcut that would save time but compromise the standard. Your values only mean something if they hold when it costs you something. Defined values don't make the hard calls easy — but they do make them cleaner.

People in this episode

Host: Jacquie

Topics covered

• leadership
• core values
• decision making
• discomfort
• management

Keywords

• leadership
• core values
• decision making
• discomfort
• management
• hard calls
• standards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leadership and Life by Kayric Inc.

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