Phyllis Young

Exercise 5:2 Identifying My Leadership Principles

Leadership principles values translated into working practices, templates for behavior that clarify how you will lead in your work environment. Here is an example of a value definition translated into a leadership principle:

Integrity: tell the whole truth to others and operate within the law in all business concerns.

Integrity: in order to create a workplace environment that supports telling the whole truth one-on-one and in meetings, I will model that behavior myself.

Use Table 5.2 to record the leadership principles you will use in leading others. One you have done the translation work rate yourself on how well you are putting those principles into practice at the present time, using a 1-5 scale:

1(I’m failing to put this principle into practice)

3(I’m doing an average job)

5(I’m doing an excellent job of putting this principle into practice)

Table 5:2 My Leadership Principles

Value name Leadership Principle Rating I will …….

What has been hard for me in putting those principles into practice?

What steps can I take tomorrow to put my leadership principles into practice?