Values which are most admired in leaders include: honesty, integrity, forward-looking, ability to inspire and competence. When thinking of honesty and integrity, one thinks of ethics. Today, many business leaders use the term business ethics. Is there such a term within the body of Christ? Forward looking means being able to be more strategic or being a visionary. Setting a vision for your company and your team is paramount to leading then to a higher level of excellence. Your ability to motivate and inspire your team members will also cause them to become more creative in accomplishing the company vision. Finally, competence is simply knowing what you do and sharing what you know.
What about your company values? What is the foundation of your organization’s value system? How do they value people? What values do they place around performance? What are the “published” values and the “unpublished” values? How do your personal values align with your organization’s value? How do they conflict with each other? Again, the closer the alignment, the closer you are to being able to accomplish your life’s mission.
Now as you’re beginnings to understand your purpose for being here on earth – your core essence. You understand your values and how they compare to your company’s values. Here are the hard questions you must answer:
Are you able to fulfill your life’s purpose in your current organization?
Is your current position a “stepping stone” to fulfilling your life’s purpose?
Will your current position prevent you from fulfilling your life’s purpose?
What plan must you put in place to accomplish your life’s mission?
What actions can you take over the next 90 days to bring you closer to fulfilling this plan?
This plan … this purpose … this mission brings pursuit of your Core Essence. Pursuit brings fulfillment.
