Humber Values Perspectives Certification Level 1
Welcome, Anju and Tanya!
Certification Course Prework
Required—Certification Manual, pp. 3-20
Required—Complete Observation, Manual p. 18 (in your personal Values journal)
Suggested—Create Create a personal Values journal
Suggested—Certification Manual pp. 21-39
Suggested—Article: “Values Driven Leadership”
Session Resources
Session 1
Annotated Powerpoint Deck 01
Homework for Session 2
Required—Certification Manual, pp. 3-65
Required—“Live-With:” Ask Questions — Until session 2, practice asking questions that lead to dialogue; questions that lead to more talk, allow you to get deeper, and then ask more. Also try asking questions you might not usually, or that might ordinarily make you feel vulnerable or “foolish.” (This is not therapy; simply be aware of your habitual boundaries and look for opportunities to press on them a little in order to connect with others in ways you might not ordinarily.)
Required—In the personal Values Journal you have created, reflect on your experience with the Ask Questions Live-With, and what you learned.
Suggested—Familiarize yourself with the “Discernment Questions” (a set of questions designed to stimulate reflection for each of the 102 values; posted above).
Video 01 (forthcoming)
Session 2
Annotated Powerpoint Deck 02
Homework for Session 3
Required—Create your hypothesis in preparation for peer practice coaching in Session 3, and record for yourself some of the questions your hypothesis may lead you to ask your partner during the practice session – Refer to your partner’s one-page report and to Certification Manual, pp. 3-65
Required – “Live-With:” Silencing the Voice of Judgment — Until session 3, notice feelings and words of negative self-judgment. Play with this voice, find out more about it, ask it questions, make it an ally rather than a foe (in this guise it may be termed, your “Voice of Objective Intelligence”).
Click to download EXERCISE: Psych Out the Voice of Judgment
and if a gentler approach is preferred: click to download EXERCISE: “Shoulds”
Suggested – In the personal Values Journal you have created, reflect on your experience with the Silencing the Voice of Judgment Live-With, and what you learned. Try drawing it!
Video 02 (forthcoming)
Session 3
Annotated Powerpoint Deck 03
Homework for Session 4
Required – Complete the Self-Guided Coaching Evaluation handout (editable Word file) download: Self-Evaluation 1
Suggested—
⊕ In the personal Values Journal you have created, reflect on your experience with the Voice of Judgment Live-With, and what you learned.
⊕ Familiarize yourself with the data samples;
⊕ For download: Kairios Values Perspectives sample reports
⊕ Continue to familiarize yourself with the Six Values Perspectives (posted above)
⊕ Continue to familiarize yourself with the “Discernment Questions” (posted above).
Video 03 (forthcoming)
Session 4
Annotated Powerpoint Deck 04
Homework for Session 5
Required—Certification Manual, pp. 3-65
Video 04 (forthcoming)
Session 5
Annotated Powerpoint Deck 05
Homework for Session 6
Required—”Live-With:” Observe the Perspective-scape—Become conscious of speech, behavior, visual, any kind of evidence that a person, group, institution, organization or culture is living one of the Perspectives in that moment. Look too for evidence of a core Perspective in action. Record the evidence for your Values Journal (write, voice/sound recording or use visual means). Challenge: how many Perspective changes do you naturally activate in the course of a week? How does your Worldview (your Core + Secondary) show up “underneath?'“
Required – Bring your questions on how to use Values Perspectives to Session 6.
Suggested – Dip into the 102 Values Discernment Questions to get a sense of how each of the 102 values can be developed.
Suggested – Visit your Values Journal: what are you taking away so far from what you are learning?
Video 05 (forthcoming)