Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1.   Giving Voice to Our Values: The Thought Experiment

2.   Values: What They Are and What They Are Not

3.   A Tale of Two Stories: The Power of Choice

4.   It’s Only Normal

5.   What Am I Working For?

6.   Playing to My Strengths: Self-Knowledge, Self-Image, and Alignment

7.   Finding My Voice

8.   Reasons and Rationalizations

9.   Putting It to Work

Appendix

A.   Starting Assumptions for Giving Voice to Values

B.   A Tale of Two Stories: An Exercise

C.   Enablers for Voicing Values: Some Examples

D.   Personal-Professional Profile

E.   Guidelines for Peer Coaching

F.   An Action Framework for Giving Voice to Values: The To-Do List

Notes

Bibliography

Index