How to conduct a ‘values inventory’—and why you should

“I know you can’t tell me what to do.” I hear some version of that sentence almost every week from coaching clients wrestling with career decisions. Should they accept the promotion? Leave a leadership role? Start a company? Stay where they are? By the time we meet, they’ve usually done everything they know how to do. They’ve made pro-and-con lists, sought advice from trusted colleagues, and analyzed every possible outcome. Yet they still feel stuck. That’s because the hardest leadership…