Values are one of the most reliable inputs to career decision-making. They shape what energises you, what frustrates you, and what you might come to resent if you compromise on them. When they're well understood, you have something solid to weigh your options against – not just instinct or circumstance, but a clear set of principles that are genuinely yours.

Before the session, you'll complete a structured online exercise to identify your seven core values. In the session, we work through what you've identified together – exploring what each value actually means to you in practice, and beginning to translate them into practical criteria for your work.

As that conversation develops, the order of your values can shift, or a value you ranked highly may mean something different than you initially assumed. That refinement is part of the work.