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Conscious Leader · Inner Game · P1.7
Purposeful Leadership - The Value Lens
values on a poster→values at the fork
The Goal
Filter the next decision through the value you say you live by — expand it, don't dilute it.
Ideal For
Leadership offsites, performance-management edge cases, ethical decision points, and strategic trade-offs where short-term cost tests long-term commitment.
The Shift
From values on a poster to values at the fork.
The Neuroscience
Naming the value before the decision primes the salience network (attention to value-relevant features), lowers threat response through self-affirmation (reducing defensive choice), and engages identity-linking — dramatically increasing the likelihood of follow-through.