There has been an explosion of conversations about what the global economic crisis means for all of us, what the future holds and what needs to change.  The government is asking us to tell them what is important to us.

We need to make these important conversations bigger and louder.  We need to talk about our values, because this is where our decisions and our actions come from.  What values best reflect how our society should operate?  What values does our society want to see in the future?  We want to know what Australians think.  We want to start a conversation. A Big Conversation!

Approximately 2,000 people had their say in Australia’s first ever national values survey.  If you’d like to see what Australian’s think, download a summary of the top-line results Australian National Values Survey Results.  Alternatively, have a look at the Big Conversation video version of what people had to say.

We also now have the results for the emerging leaders values survey.  We asked everyone in our ELSC network and all their emerging leader friends and colleagues to complete the values survey.  There is a real contrast between the two, so its worth seeing what emerging leaders believe is important and want the future to be.  Emerging Leaders Values Survey July 2010

If you would like the full results, giving the breakdown for men, women, each generation, ethnicity, geographic location and workplace, you’ll need to become an affiliate.  Contact us to find out how.

The Barretts Values survey has been done by corporates all over the world for many years, but in the last few years, values surveys are now being done at a national level.  For more information about the Values Centre and the survey, go to www.valuescentre.com and to learn about the organisation who will be doing the major debriefs, and is one of our key sponsors, go to Corporate Evolution