leadership principles are values translated into action. Having a solid base of values and testing them under pressure enables you to develop the principles you will use in leading. Ethical boundaries are the limits you place on your actions, based on your personal values and standards. Journal questions:

1. Identify your values and rank-order them from the most important to the least. Here is a partial list to help you get started. Try to choose five; they need not be from this list. self-sufficiency compassion learning teamwork fun inclusiveness humility authority fulfillment individuality wealth creativity honor fair happiness achievement faithfulness freedom edge security duty ambition change openness practicality influence responsibility objectivity

2. Choose and discuss one of the following questions related to values:

a) Can you honestly say you have stayed true to your values under challenging circumstances?

b) Looking back over your life story, describe a situation in which you deviated from your values in order to achieve your goals. How could you handle it differently if you were faced with the same situation?

c) Recall a time that your values were tested under pressure. What resources did you use? Were you able to stay true to your authentic self? To what extent did you deviate from your values?