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"You're Worth More Than You Think!"

You're Worth More Than You Think!

If you treat yourself worse than you treat your friends, you're not alone. In a recent study of over 2,500 executives, over 90% of executives involved in organizational change are experiencing serious personal struggles that impact their performance. Differences between what they believed "was" happening and what they believed "ought" to be happening in their lives, were the primary reason for the executives' frustrations. Results were the same in Manufacturing, Retail, Health Care, Government, Non-Profit Organizations and Universities.

Executives were measured against 56 different scales selected to identify how beliefs and values influence their capacity for managing in a changing and innovative environment. Over 80% of the executives involved scored "very good" in their capacity for basic management skills like common sense thinking, organizing, doing things right, persistence and giving "good" answers.

However, when it came to their readiness to make the personal changes necessary for implementing change in their organizations, the results were much different.

Executives were unsure of the best direction to take, often resulting in inconsistent actions. Findings show that 60-90% of these executives:

Undervalue and even negate their personal self worth
Are experiencing dissatisfaction and frustration in their roles
Set goals for themselves that are either unrealistic or unchallenging
Feel they must be in complete control to be okay
Experience stress to the point that it can affect their health

Any one of these issues can greatly undermine executive effectiveness.

This study was developed using "Axiology"-the scientific study of value." This revolutionary concept was created by the late Robert S. Hartman, PHD., who was nominated for a Nobel Prize for his contributions to the understanding of human value. Hartman's remarkable, mathematically objective system is now being used by researchers and consultants in Europe, Mexico and the United States.

In hundreds of one to one follow-up coaching sessions, it was found that once executives understood and accepted how their personal beliefs and values impacted their lives, they were able to make more realistic and healthier decisions resulting in improved performance, increased personal satisfaction and reduced stress.

Additional studies are now underway to determine the impact of cross-cultural value differences on organizational and personal performance.