value and vision essay by Amritash
This assignment asks that you begin with your values and make a link from them to your career vision, and ultimately to a personal vision statement.
In this paper, you will need to address the four specific areas described below.
1) Personal Values
Describe and explore your own set of core values. By core values, we mean those qualities (e.g., courage, patience), conditions (e.g., wealth, health), or forms of conduct (e.g., integrity, honesty) that you hold. What matters most to you and why?
In thinking about this, you will draw on exercises you completed in Chapter 4 of Becoming a Resonant Leader and in class:
What top five or ten values did you list in the My Values exercise?
In your own words, define or describe each value.
Why are they important to you?
In what ways are you currently living out your values? In what ways do you wish to expand or deepen your connection to your values?
What mix of orientations emerged in the Philosophical Orientation Questionnaire?
What values underlie your responses on the My Life in the Year 20 _ _ exercise?
What is your learning style? How does your learning style affect your values?
How have readings from this course (or elsewhere) helped you understand your values more fully?
2) Career Vision
Even though you are all in the same place in the MBA Program, each one of you is in a different place in terms of your career progression. Some of you have been working for a number of years; others have very brief work experience. While many of you have spent time reflecting on your future career, others may be unclear of where you want to go after graduation. During the semester, this course provides you with multiple opportunities to explore your career options. This part of the first written assignment asks that you write about your career vision. Draw upon the My Life in the Year 20 _ _ exercise to assist you.
Describe your career vision with the following questions in mind:
What is
In this paper, you will need to address the four specific areas described below.
1) Personal Values
Describe and explore your own set of core values. By core values, we mean those qualities (e.g., courage, patience), conditions (e.g., wealth, health), or forms of conduct (e.g., integrity, honesty) that you hold. What matters most to you and why?
In thinking about this, you will draw on exercises you completed in Chapter 4 of Becoming a Resonant Leader and in class:
What top five or ten values did you list in the My Values exercise?
In your own words, define or describe each value.
Why are they important to you?
In what ways are you currently living out your values? In what ways do you wish to expand or deepen your connection to your values?
What mix of orientations emerged in the Philosophical Orientation Questionnaire?
What values underlie your responses on the My Life in the Year 20 _ _ exercise?
What is your learning style? How does your learning style affect your values?
How have readings from this course (or elsewhere) helped you understand your values more fully?
2) Career Vision
Even though you are all in the same place in the MBA Program, each one of you is in a different place in terms of your career progression. Some of you have been working for a number of years; others have very brief work experience. While many of you have spent time reflecting on your future career, others may be unclear of where you want to go after graduation. During the semester, this course provides you with multiple opportunities to explore your career options. This part of the first written assignment asks that you write about your career vision. Draw upon the My Life in the Year 20 _ _ exercise to assist you.
Describe your career vision with the following questions in mind:
What is