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What Do You Really Stand For?
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What Do You Really Stand For?

by Paul Ingram
April 2026
Intermediate
224 pages
4h 24m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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CHAPTER TWO

Make Better Choices

When people reach out to me after I’ve helped them clarify their personal or organizational values, most of the time it is to share the benefits they have experienced. Those are some of my favorite conversations. As a teacher and researcher, my impact depends on what others are able to do with the ideas we explore together.

But occasionally, someone contacts me to report their disappointment. Once a woman who worked for a major museum told me, “We called you in to help us identify values because there was a lot of conflict in the museum. We did the values work, but we still have conflict!” Others have said they’ve kept their values front and center, just like I suggested, but still feel stuck or unsatisfied. Hearing ...

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