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This chapter proposes guiding values for higher education institutions (HEIs) to navigate an environment of high change. In conditions where volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) create unprecedented challenges, the higher education (HE) leader needs innovative and unique solutions to succeed. The intensity, frequency, and speed to change are perpetually increasing to the extent that traditional leadership methods prove ineffective. The research draws from two larger qualitative studies conducted at a previously disadvantaged university. The participants of both studies included academics who hold leadership roles and are in various career stages. The studies were chosen due to their focus on institutional values, hence allowing the ability to identify theoretical categories. The transcripts of both case studies were reanalyzed, and data were presented as themes. The authors then proceeded to consolidate the themes by classifying the values as either terminal or instrumental. From the findings of this study, such terminal values relate to building trust, demonstrating an ethic of care, and exhibiting ethical and equitable practices. In order to achieve these terminal values, empowerment, collaboration, communication, innovation and creativity, teamwork, and participation would be instrumental. The authors proposed a taxonomy of values to support effective leadership and growth processes for HEIs.