Career Uprising Navigating Purpose, Values & Employer Culture
Nov 3, 2025
Explore how aligning your career with core values can transform your professional journey. Discover practical exercises for identifying your values and tips for researching company culture. Learn to ask insightful questions during interviews to uncover genuine workplace dynamics. Lorraine shares strategies for evaluating job offers based on personal values and emphasizes the importance of intentionality in career moves. This insightful discussion will guide you on your path to fulfillment and purpose in your career.
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Values Drive Job Satisfaction
- If you don't know what matters most at work you'll always feel off, no matter pay or title.
- Core values are hidden drivers of choices, feelings, and reactions at work.
Use Past Jobs To Reveal Values
- Think back to your best and worst jobs and list what made them great or miserable.
- Look for patterns between those memories to identify your core values.
Host's Personal Values Example
- Lorraine identifies her top three values as communication, humor, and freedom after reflecting on her work patterns.
- She links freedom to entrepreneurship and communication to recurring workplace frustrations.
