Hidden Values Question Bank
For Coaches, Facilitators and Leaders
Supporting Meaningful Conversations About the Paradox of Success
"Sometimes what matters most isn't what's missing, but what we've forgotten to notice.”
300+ Questions to Open, Deepen, and Guide Hidden Values Conversations
This question bank provides 300+ ready-to-use questions designed to help coaches, facilitators, and leaders open, deepen, and guide conversations with clients or colleagues experiencing the paradox of success—those who have achieved their goals yet sense something undefined is missing, or who feel disconnected from their achievements despite perfect execution.
Ten Essential Conversation Frameworks:
- Opening Hidden Values Conversations – Questions that explore the paradox of success, subtle dissatisfaction, and what's taken for granted
- Recognising Signs of Hidden Values – Questions that identify subtle misalignment, notice what's absent, and recognise assumptions
- Discovering Unacknowledged Values – Questions that explore what's fundamental, examine background constants, and identify through contrast
- Understanding Stated vs. Unstated Values – Questions that distinguish between value types, examine value hierarchy, and recognise integration needs
- Exploring Specific Hidden Value Categories – Questions about connection and belonging, rootedness and home, identity and authenticity, contribution and legacy, play and joy, nature and rhythm, creativity and expression, quiet and solitude
- Integration of Hidden Values – Questions for recognising the discovery, understanding why values were hidden, and planning integration
- Addressing Resistance and Fear – Questions for when discovery feels threatening, values seem contradictory, or change feels impossible
- Living With Hidden Values Awareness – Questions for maintaining visibility, communicating hidden values, and creating space for hidden values
- When Hidden Values Transform Understanding – Questions for reframing success, reinterpreting history, and guiding future choices
- Supporting Others' Hidden Values Discovery – Questions for facilitating recognition and holding space for creating safe exploration
Throughout the question bank, questions are organised by professional development purpose, allowing you to quickly find language that fits your client’s or colleague’s current moment. Each section includes questions that invite deep exploration, helping others discover their own clarity about unacknowledged values and how to honour their complete spectrum of what matters.
This resource stands alone as a practical tool for immediate use in professional development sessions, with deeper exploration of hidden values available in School of WorkLife's The Hidden Value: Uncovering What Truly Matters.
One-time purchase. Unlimited professional use in individual and group settings.