Engineering management for the rest of us book by Sarah Drasner is one of my favorites. She suggests doing the values exercise to identify and learn both your team member’s and your own values.
https://www.engmanagement.dev/
I performed the exercise myself and also exchanged mine with the team members on the design system engineering program. This helps us understand each other at a deeper level.
My following picks apply to both work and life, be it people, programs, products, processes or relationships.
Accountability
- It’s important for me to take on responsibility and see things through.
- If I commit to something, it will get done to the highest expression possible, within my realm of capability.
- The trust and confidence people have that “something Srini takes on is in one of the best possible hands” is important for me.
Creativity
- I believe in finding a way to manifest.
- Positive and optimistic, I will learn, meditate, iterate and tap into the greater conscious and forces of the universe to come up with creative solutions and make art.
- I love to create, make and build; making progress and gaining momentum.
Personal Development
- Self-improvement is something that is paramount to me.
- I strive to develop my knowledge and skills, be it technical, people skills, physical fitness, aspects in the mind or spirit.
- Forever improvement and learning is important to me.
- I will be a student of the world as well as a teacher where I can add value.
- My accountability and creativity improve as I continue to develop myself.
- My ability to help others improves as I continue to develop and work on myself.
The Values Exercise
Pick top 3 that resonate and why?
- Accountability
- Advocacy
- Autonomy
- Compassion
- Collaboration
- Contribution
- Creativity
- Curiosity
- Dependability
- Diversity
- Empathy
- Ethics
- Excellence
- Fairness
- Family
- Friendships
- Fun
- Growth
- Happiness
- Health
- Honesty
- Humility
- Humor
- Inclusiveness
- Independence
- Knowledge
- Performance
- Personal Development
- Spirituality
- Perfection
- Power
- Preparedness
- Reliability
- Success
- Teamwork
- Traditionalism
- Trustworthiness
- Versatility
- Vision
- Warmth
- Wealth