How do your personal values match your corporate values?

Are you familiar with the book “Big Five for Life” by John Strelecky?

It's about how everyone should define their “Big Five” - the five most important things you want to achieve in life. These can be major life goals or values that motivate you and give you direction.

For example, you can ask yourself the following:

• What gives you fulfillment?
• What do you want to achieve in life?
• Which values are particularly important to you?
• What footprints do you want to leave behind?

Here is a video of Andre speaking about values and a framework you can use to find them out.

You can imagine these Big Five as a compass for your life. Once you have found these values for yourself, it will be much easier for you to interpret your actions and make decisions accordingly.

In the next step, you can compare your “big five” with the values and goals of the company. Strelecky emphasizes that the fulfillment of the “Big Five” should be in harmony with the work environment in order to find satisfaction and meaning in your job. If your “Big Five” and the company values match, you are more likely to feel fulfillment and motivation in your job.

If you find that your “big five” and company values are not aligned, it is important to be proactive. John Strelecky emphasizes that it is difficult in the long run to work in an environment that does not contribute to the fulfillment of your life goals. In such cases, you can consider whether you want to change your professional situation or whether there are opportunities to make adjustments in the existing company.

You can take a look at our previous post on the topic of “Love it, change it, or leave it”.

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