VBL SKILLS LIST

VBL is designed to give people in organizations a set of leadership development skills and processes to help:

• Prevent values violations and victim cycles.
• Heal values violations so people can create solutions to problems.
• Fulfill personal and professional values that matter to employees and those they serve.
• Foster a culture that is effective at innovation and change.

Inner Capabilities of Thinking

- Identifying One's Destructive Victim Behaviors
- Preventing the Victim Cycle
- Expressing Values in Action - The Leadership Cycle
- Integrity
- Seeing the Good in Others
- Analytical Thinking (Using Multiple Lenses of Perceiving)
- Objectivity
- Vision -- Wide Angle and Long Term
- Empathy

Outer Capabilities of Action

- Leadership Counseling
- Requesting
- Apologizing
- Appreciating
- Negotiating and Mediating
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Organizational Learning

Recognizing Harmful Victim Behaviors

- Blaming
- Avoiding
- Whining
- Labeling Negatively
- Sarcasm

Victim Cycle Antidotes for Preventing Harmful Victim Behaviors

Natural Methods

- Venting
- Reflecting
- Crying/Feeling sad
- Positive Labeling
- Humor

Specialized Antidotes

- VBL Grid
- VBL Self Negotiation
- VBL Breathing/Self Talk Strategy
- VBL Inner Mentor Strategy
- VBL Self Image Strategy
- Belief System Layers Alignment

Prevention Antidotes for Long-Term Learning

- Ben Franklin Strategy
- Pre-situation Check List
- VBL Daily Self Examination
- Leadership Development Planning

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