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VALUES AS SYSTEMSPresented by Kathryn Alexander, MA The Art of Leadership - Impact!

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SYSTEMS DYNAMICS

All living systems have a purpose

Feedback loops maintain purpose

All are composed of interconnected parts that form wholes

They are non-linear in cause & effect

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VALUES

Important to our identity

All seen as equal

Mostly tacit - rarely surfaced of reflected upon

They generate behavior

Key aspects of every culture

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PROTECTIVE VALUE SET™First proposed by Jane Jacobs

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PROTECTIVE VALUES

!The key value - Loyalty

Trust - Obedience & discipline/

honor

Traditionally government, military,

police, religion

Shun Trading

Exert Prowess

Obedience & discipline

Adhere to tradition

Be Loyal

Take vengeance

Deceive for the task

Make rich use of leisure

Be ostentatious

Dispense largesse

Be exclusive

Show fortitude

Be fatalistic

Treasure honor

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EFFECTIVE VALUES SET™first posited by Jane Jacobs

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EFFECTIVE VALUES

Shun force Come to voluntary agreement

Be honest Collaborate Compete

Respect contracts Use initiative & enterprise

Be open to inventiveness & novelty Be effective

Promote comfort & convenience Dissent for the task

Invest for productivity Be industrious

Be thrifty Be optimistic

Traditionally Trading

Key value - Honesty

Trust - Respect contracts

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SUSTAINABLE VALUES SET®Proposed by Kathryn Alexander, MA - distilled from nature

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SUSTAINABLE VALUES

Integrity of the whole All actions create the conditions that support Life

Right relationship Humans are intrinsic to the web of Life

Precautionary principle Dynamic stability Interdependency

Optimization Self-organization

Diversity Reciprocity

Empowerment Co-creation

Ecologies Zero waste

Curiosity & experimentation

Expressed by nature

Key value - All actions create the

condition that support Life

Trust - Integrity of the whole

QUESTIONS?Your Quiz

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SMALL GROUPSShare a time when you acted on the key value from one of the Value Sets.

What happened? Why do you think you got the results you did?

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IMPLICATIONS

!Create leadership style and

culture!Are strategically impactful !Are a hidden contact for

decision-making!Can misalign purposes!Constrain behavior!Can create corruption

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CONSEQUENCES

Lack of consciousness means;

Not strategically aligned

Poor culture development

Corruption & unintended consequences

Your Values

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EVOLUTION?

As we have moved (progressed?) from Protective to Effective to Sustainable we have:

Expanded our ability to trust

Taken more responsibility for our actions

Widened our circle of caring

The stem is protective, the leaves effective and the blossom (from which seeds come) is sustainable.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?Please share

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