A great exercise to do with your team, as copied from https://scrum-agile.nl/?page_id=256
Start by individually answering the following questions:
- At work, I get inspired by…
- I’m proud to be part of a team that…
- What I can offer my colleagues is…
Shared the outcome with each other and talk about the outcomes.
Then answer the following questions:
- My Personal top 5 values are…
For inspiration you can use a list of values from https://scottjeffrey.com/core-values-list/
After writing down 5 values, you challenge them by asking the following questions for each value:
- If you were to start a new organization, would you build it around this core value regardless of the industry?
- Would you want your organization to continue to stand for this core value 100 years into the future, no matter what changes occur in the outside world?
- Would you want your organization to hold this core value, even if at some point in time it became a competitive disadvantage—even if in some instances the environment penalized the organization for living this core value?
- Do you believe that those who do not share this core value—those who breach it consistently—simply do not belong in your organization?
- Would you personally continue to hold this core value even if you were not rewarded for holding it?
- Would you change jobs before giving up this core value?
- If you awoke tomorrow with more than enough money to retire comfortably for the rest of your life, would you continue to apply this core value to your productive activities?
(source: https://www.jimcollins.com/tools/vision-framework.pdf )
If you can answer a values with “yes” on all questions, you got a winner.
Collect all values that were answered with a yes on all questions, and from those values look for similar personal values within the team.