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Customer Service
Living Your Personal Values
Personal Values are qualities or traits that are worthwhile to you, personally. They quantify all of your highest priorities and most deeply held motivating forces. They encompass moral, spiritual and secular beliefs. When you join an organization as an employee, you bring with you more than your skills and education - you also carry with you all of these deeply held values and beliefs. As you begin to integrate with the organization, these traits interact with those of the other members to influence, for better or worse, the “family culture” of the organization.
Your values have been created and honed over the years as a result of everything that has happened to you in your life and include influences from: your parents and family, your religious affiliation, your friends and peers, your education and your life experiences, to mention only a few.
Values impact every aspect of your life... remember:
• Your values guide you to make decisions about priorities in your daily work and home life.
• Your values are modeled in your personal and work behaviors, decision making, contribution, and interpersonal interaction.
• Your goals and life purpose are grounded in your values, whether or not you consciously recognize it.
Focus on those values that are most important to you, those you believe in and that define your character. Then live them visibly every day at work and at home. Be yourself on and off the job. Live life fully, graciously, vibrantly. Embrace every opportunity to encourage, assist and help your fellow employees, family members and strangers. Living your values is one of the most powerful tools available to you to help you be the person you want to be, to help you accomplish your goals and dreams, and to help you lead and influence others. Don't waste your best opportunity .
As we move forward in age and experience values become more important that ever. When researching your new employment position, look beyond the hours of work, prestige and rate of pay. Consider if your potential employer has values that correspond with, or complement your own. That may be the most important part of your decision process in the longer run. After all, life IS short, and the journey is more important now than it was earlier in life.
Darryl Wall, VP, Seniors For Hire.
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