This module is an invitation to learn about your core values and consider how these values shape your philosophy and perspectives on leadership. Here we build on the leadership essentials introduced in course one. Specifically, leadership essential one, know yourself. The learning objectives for this module are: explain the seven levels of the Barrett leadership model to appreciate the connection between states of leadership consciousness and stages of development, complete the Barrett personal values assessment to learn personal value preferences, reflect on your personal value assessment to develop a personal leadership mission statement, complete the personal values assessment self-development exercises to strengthen preferred values related to an informatics leadership skill set, explore added references and resources to learn about the connection of values to leadership development. Recall that one of the logical levels in the Robert Dilts' model was values and beliefs. Values and beliefs are key ingredients at the macro level of leadership. One's values and beliefs influence one's identity, purpose, and mission, values and beliefs also affect capabilities and behaviors given environments. Leadership scholar Richard Barrett has developed an evolutionary leadership model built on values and stages of human growth and development. Barrett realized that, that values are linked with needs and motivations. As needs are satisfied, people evolve and grow. In this module, you will have an opportunity to learn about Barrett seven levels of consciousness leadership model, and how these levels of consciousness are connected to human growth and development. You will complete a personal values assessment and gain insights to your value preferences. You will have the opportunity to identify values you want to strengthen to support your informatics leadership skill set. Insights gained will inform and influence your leadership philosophy. Gaining insight into your needs, motivations, and aspirations, will help you create intentional leadership learning experiences. Richard Barrett believes at any given moment in time, values are shorthand method of describing what is important to us individually and collectively, as an organization, as a community, or a nation. Values are energetic drivers of aspirations and intentions. Values are principles that support bonding, and cooperation, and evolution. Values are expressions of what is missing in our lives and what we require in our lives to remain in a state of internal stability and external equilibrium. The first learning activity in this model is a video introduction to Richard Barrett and his work. Building on the work of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Barrett has extended the hierarchy of needs notion to leadership development. Next, a brief video describes the Barrett model of leadership development. In the Barrett model, set levels of development are associated with levels of consciousness. For example, the need for survival is both a level of consciousness and a stage of development. The developmental stage of conforming is linked with a need for belonging. Differentiating one-self developmentally, relates to self-esteem needs. Individuating is a level of transforming one's consciousness. Becoming self-actualized is related to internal cohesion of self. Making a difference in the world is linked with Barrett's integrating stage of development. A service oriented mindset or state of consciousness is associated with serving as a stage of development. Watch the videos about the Barrett model of leadership, read the article on the seven levels of leadership consciousness, creating a deep understanding of self is a key leadership insight. To this end, I invite you to complete a free personal values assessment and get a detailed report from the Barrett values center. The personal values assessment exercise provides information about your value preferences, and where you are currently located on the seven levels of consciousness and development. Reflect on your results and learn what values are currently important to you. How are your values connected to the seven levels of consciousness and development? The PVA workbook exercises will guide you through a reflective process to appreciate your current value set and challenge you to consider values you want to strengthen. What can you start, stop, or continue to do to realize these new values? After you complete the PVA workbook exercises, create a one-sentence personal leadership mission value statement. For example, in my personal values assessment, wisdom, compassion, vision, and future generations showed up for me as important values at level seven. Leadership coaching and well-being showed up for me at level six. Creativity and integrity showed up for me at level five, and caring showed up at level two. As I contemplated this information, I came up with the following personal leadership mission statement. I am committed to well-being and the leadership development of future generations, through coaching with care, creativity, and integrity. What will your personal leadership statement be? Share your thoughts and reactions to this exercise in the discussion forum. To go deeper, consider these questions; what did you appreciate about this exercise? How did the exercise influence your thinking and feeling? What's your key takeaway from this lesson? What is one question that is still on your mind after this lesson? In the next couple of slides, provide additional references and resources for you to explore. Quiz time enables you to test your mastery and knowledge from this module before you move on to module three, which explores polarities and competing values.
