This document summarizes a chapter from a Latina executive leadership program about leading with values. It discusses Oprah Winfrey's success model of integrating her personal values into every aspect of her business vision and team. Her values included establishing philanthropic efforts, reinvention, and empowering others. She sought mentors and invested in top talent, viewing her customers as part of her team. The document also discusses giving voice to values and dealing with values conflicts that may arise in one's career through case studies and group work.

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Chapter 5
True North
Leading With Your Values

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 Value-Driven Leader
 Oprah Case Study
 Living the Truth of My Values
 My Values Crucible
 Group Work
Agenda

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Success Model of Oprah’s Leadership
Values
Vision
Team

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VISION
 As a leader, Oprah’s primary strength
has been
1. Creating a vision of her success
2. Communicating that vision to those
around her
3. Being tenacious in its execution

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VALUES
 Oprah’s personal values are integrated into every part
of her business
 She established philanthropic efforts that bettered the
world
 The press at times questioned her motivations
 But giving back allowed her the credibility to
continue growing her wealth
 A personal dedication to continued reinvention and
resilience has kept her leadership brand strong over
the decades

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TEAM
 Oprah’s people strategy
1. She invests in top talent
2. Seeks out smart mentors
3. Values her customers (audience)
4. Consistently nourishes each
relationship.

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TEAM
 She notoriously shows her appreciation with gifts
 “Oprah’s Big Give”
 Nurturing of each relationship builds her success
 Investing in loyal mentors, peers, employees and
consumers means she has a massive team that
will follow her anywhere
 Answers question – Why Should Anyone Be Led By
You?

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As a Leadership Brand
 All leaders have a brand. Whether that term is used or
not.
 Winfrey's brand and the key to her longevity is a
combination of things she didn't do as well as things
that she did do
 On the "don't do side," she did not over-merchandize
nor take her company public
 On the "do side," she always stayed true to her values
 Empower others

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Living the Truth of My Values
My Values Crucible

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How Will You Give Voice to Your Values?
 Most of us want to bring our “whole selves” to work. Yet, experience
and research demonstrate that many of us will encounter values
conflicts in our careers, when the way we want to live and the things
we want to accomplish seem in conflict with the expectations of our
clients, our peers, our bosses and/or our organizations.
 The Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum framework is designed
to help you learn to recognize, clarify, speak and act on your values
when those conflicts arise.

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Focus is POST-decision making
 It is not about deciding what the right thing is.
Rather it is about how you
 raise these issues in an effective manner
 what you need to do and say in order to be heard
 and how to try to correct an existing course of action
when necessary.

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Group Work – GVV Case Study
• You will work on GVV case study
• Group work information and presentation will be emailed
to everyone
• Follow Group Work Instructions
• Dr. Davidds will answer group work questions via email
from now the next 90 minutes