THE 8TH HABITBY:- STEPHEN R. COVEY

Prepared by: 2011-PE-68 2011-PE-83 2011-PE-80 2011-PE-73 2011-PE-63

PREPARED BY GROUP 9 2

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

STEPHEN COVEY is cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey.co.

Acknowledged by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most influential Americans.

Dr. Covey is the author of seven books including:- > The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, > First Things First > Principle-Centered Leadership. Covey is an internationally respected leadership

authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, founder of the former Covey Leadership Centre.

Find your voice ….&inspire others to do likewise

Find your voice Inspire others to find their voices

Focus Execution

•Find your voice•Express your voice

•Expand your influence•Be trustworthy•Build trust•Blend others voices•Create a common vision

•Align goals and system•Empower others

DISCOVER YOUR VOICE

To find your voice means to engage in work that genuinely taps your talents and fuels your passion

how we can find our voice

Three gifts of natureFreedom to choose Laws of natureThe four intelligences

The four intelligences

intelligences

physical

spiritual

emotional

mental

PREPARED BY GROUP 9

8Components of a person’s voice

Components of a person

Basic needsKey

attributesdimension

s

Intelligences

capacities

To live

To learn

To love

Discipline

vision

passion

conscience conscience

need

Talent

passion

To leave a legacy

mind

sprit

Body

heart

Physical (PQ)

Mental (IQ)

Emotional(EQ)

Spiritual(SQ)

Your voice

need

passion

conscious

talent

Express your voice

your voice

vision

Discipline

conscience

passion

Vision

Discipline

Passion

Conscience

THE Voice OF TRUSTWORTHINESS

INTEGRITY MATURITY ABUNDANCE MENTALITY TECHNICAL COMPETENCE CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE

Deposits to emotional bank account include:

Seek First to Understand. Make and Keep Promises Thinking Win-Win or No Deal Apologizing Forgiving.

trust

Strive for win/win transactionAll the parties are better off in the endA win/win mind set can help us multiply

are allies

THINK WIN/WIN

AssertivenessvsCooperationTableDominance(Iwin,YouLose)Collaboration(Iwin,Youwin)AvoidanceSubmission(Ilose,Youwin)Compromise(webothwinsome,andlosesome)CooperationHabit5:“SeekFirsttoUnderstand,ThentoBeUnderstood”•Wemustalwaystrytounderstandwhattheotherpeoplewantandneedbeforewebegintooutlineourownobjectives.•Wemustnotobject,argueoropposewhatwehear.•Wemustlistencarefully,andthinkaboutit.•Wemusttrytoputourselvesintheotherparty’sshoes.

Third Alternative

Understanding the prospective of others

Develop bona fide listening skills

Understanding of the circumstances around you

Conflict resolution

The Third Alternative

“I honor you and your need ,I take responsibility for letting you know my views and we can manage our differences constructively”

Your Organization Voice

For an organization to do something comparable and express its voice, its leaders must fill four rules.

Yourorganizatio

n’s voicePath finding

Aligning

Empowering

Modeling

Organization leaders should create and buy corporate culture

There should be a shared vision and shared vision and goal

Modeling inspire trust without expecting

Develop a viable strategy

Determine your priorities

Path finding creates order without demanding it

Focus

Focus and concentration is the key to success

In an organization focus embodies both path finding and modeling

Yourorganization’s voice

Path finding

ModelingFOCUS

THE VOICE & DISCIPLINE OF EXECUTION:

To execute better,

1. Align goals and systems

2. Empower others

YOURORGANISATION’S

VOICEEMPOWERING

ALIGNINGEXECUTION

1.ALIGN GOALS AND SYSTEMS:

To create systems that are aligned with your organization’s goals: Have an abundance mentality Stay flexible with your business systems Learn from world-class performers Measure progress on your most important goals Set up a great feedback system

What is empowerment???? Culture built by executives Self-evaluation Role of supervisor as “servant leaders” What are our jobs all about????

THE EMPOWERING VOICE

THE 8th HABIT

Four disciplines which can improve execution;

Focus on wildly important things Create a compelling scoreboard Translate goals into specific actions

Hold each other accountable, all the time

USING OUR VOICES WISELY TO SERVE OTHERS

I slept and dreamed that life was joy

I awoke and saw that life was service

I acted and behold, service was joy

(RABINDRANATH TAGORE)

SUMMARYThe 8th Habit is all about finding your voice as an individual, as a team and as an organization.

“To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.” (Henry Ford)

Find your voice and inspire others to do

so

Find your voice

Inspire others to find their

voice

FocusExecutio

n

THANK YOU!!!!!