EQV Values Filter
EQV Framework · Values Filter

From candidate
to genuine

3 stages 20–35 minutes Precedes Translation Map Private setting

Most leaders can name ten values in thirty seconds. Almost none can confirm which three they actually operate by under pressure. This filter runs every candidate value through the Three-Question Test to produce a verified shortlist — the only input the Translation Map is designed to receive.

What this is not

This is not a values affirmation exercise. It does not reward you for naming the right values. It tests whether the values you name have a behavioral record behind them. Values that fail the filter are not wrong — they are aspirational. That distinction matters.

Stage 1: Select your candidate values from a curated list or add your own.
Stage 2: Run each candidate through the Three-Question Test.
Stage 3: Review your scored shortlist and confirm the three values entering the Translation Map.

Data & privacy

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Select candidate values

Select every value that feels true to how you lead — not how you want to lead. Include values you are uncertain about. The filter will sort them. Aim for 5–12 candidates.

Tap to select. Add any value not listed using the field below.

Select at least 3 candidate values to continue.
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Three-Question Test
Value 1 of —
— Answer each question as it applies to this specific value.
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Cost. Has holding this value required you to give up something you wanted — a relationship, an opportunity, money, approval, comfort?

A value with no cost is an aspiration. Genuine values leave a record of sacrifice.

2
Defense under pressure. Have you defended this value when the pressure to abandon it was significant — and it would have been easier to let it go?

If you have never defended it under real pressure, it has not yet been tested as a value.

3
External recognition. Would the two or three people closest to you professionally name this value when describing what you stand for — without being prompted?

Values visible only to you are not yet operating values. They are internal convictions. Both matter — they are different things.

3
Your scored shortlist

Each value has been scored against the Three-Question Test. Values marked Genuine have a clear behavioral record. Values marked Partial are real but need development. Values marked Aspirational are not yet operational — they deserve acknowledgment, not the Translation Map.

Confirm your three values for the Translation Map

Select from your genuine (and partial, if needed) values below. These three will enter the Translation Map as verified behavioral foundations.

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Tap a value below to add it here
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Tap a filled slot to remove it.

Filter complete

Your verified values

These three values have passed the Three-Question Test. They are your genuine operating values — the foundation the Translation Map is built on.

Copy to Translation Map

Copy this output and bring it to your first Translation Map session. Your coach will use it to open Phase 1.

What comes next

1
Debrief with your EQV coach within 48 hours. The coach uses your filter results and evidence notes to examine the gap between your genuine and aspirational values before building the Translation Map.
2
Begin the Values-to-Behavior Translation Map. The Translation Map takes your three verified values and builds three observable behavioral standards for each — what each value looks like under pressure.
3
Note your aspirational values. Values that failed the filter are not discarded — they are the direction of growth. Return to them after the Translation Map cycle.