Career Values
Assessment

CAREER & PROFESSIONAL TOOLS

Mapping the values that drive your professional decisions — at every level.

Why Values Drive Career Decisions

Career dissatisfaction often looks like a job problem when it is actually a values problem. The role is fine on paper — the compensation, the title, the scope of work — but something remains chronically off. Most often, it is a misalignment between what the person values and what the environment actually rewards.

This worksheet examines values at four levels: what you hold personally, how you show up professionally, what you need from the people around you, and how all of it connects to your larger sense of purpose. The fourth section — the mission-values link — is where most people discover either a genuine through-line or a gap that explains why sustained motivation has been difficult.

The pattern to watch for: values that appear in your personal section but are absent from your professional section. That gap is worth examining before moving on.

How to Use This Assessment

  1. Complete the personal values section first, without reference to your professional context. What matters to you as a person, separate from your work identity?
  2. Then complete the business values section. These are the principles that guide how you operate professionally — the standards you hold yourself to, regardless of whether anyone is watching.
  3. The team and colleague values section is about what you need from others to do your best work. Be specific. "Honesty" is a start; "I need colleagues who flag problems early rather than managing appearances" is more useful.
  4. The mission-values link is the integration step. Write the connection between what you value and the work you are doing or want to do. If the connection is unclear, write that instead — it is important information.
  5. Review all four sections together before your session. The question is not whether your values are the right values — it is whether they are aligned with where you are spending your time.
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Career Values Assessment

Personal Values

What matters most to you in life — separate from your professional role?

Business Values

What principles guide how you operate and make decisions professionally?

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Career Values Assessment (continued)

Team and Colleague Values

What do you need from the people you work with to do your best work?

Mission-Values Link

How do your personal values connect to your professional mission or purpose? Where is the alignment strong — and where are the gaps?

Before Your Next Session

Identify one value from the personal section that is currently underserved in your professional life. What would it look like if that value had more room?

Which section was hardest to fill in? That difficulty is worth exploring.

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