. 3) Step 3 - Write your philosophy In your own words, use your values and the following question to get you started: What do I believe about my leadership? Within your leadership philosophy, feel free to use the following prompts to help shape your response 1) I lead by: 2) My core values: 3) I place great value in: 4) What I expect from others: 5) What others can expect of me: 6) Things I do not accept: Leadership Philosophy Exercise Example list of values: Ability Customers Accountability Democracy Achievement-oriented Developing Individuals Advancement-seeking Development Ambitious Diligence Attitude Diversity Autonomy Doggedness Being Global Effectiveness Can-Do Attitude Efficiency Care for Environment Empathy Challenge Empowering Collaboration Enterprise Commitment Enthusiasm Communication Entrepreneurial Community Environmental Compassion Equality Compliance Ethical Practice Confident Excellence Continuous Expertise Improvement Fair Courage Financial Acumen Creativity Fun Global Grit Grow Growth Health Honest Hope Human Resource Humility Impact Inclusive Independence Individuality Innovation Inspiration Integrity Leadership Learning Life Quality Loyal Loyalty Making a Difference Modesty Neighbourly Openness Ownership Partner Partners Partnership Passion People Perseverance Persistence Pragmatic Pride Professionalism Prudence Recognition Reliability Resilience Security Serve Community Simplicity Socially conscious Socially Responsive Speed Stakeholders Stewardship Supporting Others Sustainability Sympathy Teamwork Technology Tenacity Transparency Triumph Trust Winner Work/Life Balance Respect Responsibility Responsiveness Safe/Safety Select a number of values that resonate with you and briefly describe what they mean to you: What this value means to me Value 1 2. . 3. 4. 5. 6. Your leadership philosophy: What do I believe about my leadership