Values Affirmation Exercise

A VP at a professional services firm has been making decisions she describes as 'the right call strategically' but that leave her feeling hollowed out afterward. She approved a restructuring that eliminated roles she believed were valuable. She agreed to a client engagement she had reservations about. She frames each decision as a necessary compromise. In coaching she says she doesn't know what she's compromising — she just knows something feels off.

Position this as a diagnostic rather than a values clarification exercise. 'You've been naming the feeling but not what'...