July 22, 2026
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Values govern all human behaviour; a bold statement and justifiably so. Our values provide an important component in our cognitive information filtering process and so are largely operating at the unconscious level. At the very deepest level, our values guide our outcomes as people functioning in our own individual environments. Values are linked to other parts of our filtering mechanism, our Meta Programmes and as such dictate what we move towards and what we move away from. The importance to our daily lives is significant as they provide that kinesthetic push that occurs just before we get motivated and move into action. If the action is not supported by our values, then our motivation strategy will become weakened, less effective or fail to operate completely. Our values provide our moral compass.
We organise our belief systems around our values at a very deep level. These clusters form our core beliefs which operate almost entirely at the unconscious level, defining and shaping who we are and the basis of our personality. Working together, our values and belief systems form our attitudes on a certain subject, how we view the world and what feels right or wrong. At a very deep level, our values shape our identity.
In considering how our values affect our behaviour, we should look at two types of value:
• Values that are powerful resources.
• Values and beliefs about our model of the world and how it functions.
Together, these values determine our state in the moment that determines our behaviour. When our values are in conflict with each other or with our environment, then incongruence occurs. Values grow and change over time and are closely connected to environmental changes and the problems that these changes present to us for resolution. The learning involved with values is a must for anyone who works as a leader or manager in either a corporate or personal capacity.
When people come together to operate in groups or teams, mis-alignment of values can generate a level of dysfunction that causes the team dynamic to collapse. The team could be operating in any environment, for example, a sports team, a social team, a corporate team, a project team. If the team members have very different values sets to each other and to the context that has put them together as a team, then that team will never function as a congruent unit.
NLP tells us exactly how to work with dysfunctional teams so that they can become a productive and smooth running machine where all of the separate cogs fit each other and function in a well-oiled manner.
Here’s an outline of our proven team dynamic formula:
1. Discover the values hierarchy of the team and each individual within the team.
2. Create values alignment within the team.
3. Have the team negotiate future values for the team.
4. Observe the team to ensure ecology and congruity.
Knowing your key values and how you organise them is an illuminating experience and opens the door to new solutions, followed by possibilities and success.
Valuing and understanding values are a must for every business leader, consultant, coach, individual and competitor. Your values are what move you towards your goals along a smooth and comfortable path that feels congruent. If your team dynamics are broken, working with values to secure alignment is a deep level fix.
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