The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

THE LEADERS

Submitted By: Ashish Gaur Anish Pandey Ankit Surana Anubhav Srivastava Abhilasha Srivastava

Introduction
Some Basics:
Some people are consistently successful because of qualities and abilities they have developed in addition to their education and experience. Value, as perceived by the customer, will determine your worth. Genuine career happiness comes from achieving personal goals in harmony with organizational goals.

What are the qualities of a great leader?

Long-term success requires good leadership.

Understands the Big Picture. Has vision and is a systems thinker The ability to effectively empower, develop, and lead people/teams. A great leader is able to see the context of the situation they are in -- whatever that is -- and react accordingly. They ADAPT to the situation and those they lead.

Personal Leadership
Personal Strategic Planning combines strategic

planning and time management together. Know where YOU fit in the organization and on your team. Continuous improvement in all areas of life Become a student of leadership, management styles etc (Organizational Behavior)

Team Orientation / Learning Communities

Leadership Long-term success requires good leadership. Teamwork Effective and empowered teams responsible for problem solving and product development. Culture Core values and operating norms. Sense of community. It is important for you to know the status of each so you can assess your future.

Four Levels of Leadership

PersonalTrustworthiness InterpersonalTrust ManagerialEmpowerment Organizational--Alignment

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

A. Inside Out 1. Be proactive 2. Begin with the end in mind 3. Put first things first 4. Think win-win 5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood 6. Synergize 7. Sharpen the saw: physical, mental, emotional/social, spiritual B. Inside Out Again

Examples of Defective Habits:

React-Blame all your problems on your friends, teachers, parents; take no responsibility for things that happen to you. Begin with No End in Mind-Have no goal or plan and never think about tomorrow. Put First Things Last-Always put off doing whats important by talking on your mobile and surfing the net. Always put off your homework until tomorrow.

Examples of Defective Habits:

(Continued)

Think Win-Lose-Dont let anyone else succeed at anything because if they win, you lose. Seek First to Talk, Then Pretend to Listen-If you want their opinion, give it to them. Dont Cooperate-Teamwork is for losers; be your own island. Wear Yourself Out-Make being busy the only thing that matters; never exercise or improve yourself.

The 7 Successful Habits

7 Sharpen saw

... an overview.

Interdependence
Understand Synergize 5 6 PUBLIC VICTORY Think win-win 4

Independence
3 1 things 1st
st

habit = knowledge + skill + desire

PRIVATE VICTORY 1 2 Be Proactive End in mind

Dependence

Developing Personal Potential

Coveys first three habits deal with self-reliance and selfmastery. These are private victories; they only involve the follower Habit 1: Be Proactive Be responsible, dont blame others Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind Start with a clear mental image of your destination Habit 3: Put First Things First Focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results

Effective Interdependence
The first three habits build a foundation on

independence, from which one can move to interdependencecaring, productive relationships with others which Covey calls public victories When a person moves to interdependence, he steps into a leadership role

Effective Interdependence
Habit 4: Think Win-Win Implies understanding that without cooperation, the organization cannot succeed Habit 5: Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood Requires a nonjudgmental attitude. Emphatic listening gets inside another persons frame of reference

Effective Interdependence
Habit 6: Synergize Synergy is the combined action that occurs when people work together to create new alternatives and solutions. The essence of synergy is to value and respect differences Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw Process of using and continuously renewing the physical, mental, spiritual, and social aspects of life

Trust: Emotional Bank Account

Seeking first to understand Keeping promises Honest, Openness Kindnesses, courtesies Win-Win or no deal thinking Clarifying Expectations Loyalty to the Absent Apologies Receiving feedback and giving I messages

Seeking first to be understood Breaking promises Smooth Manipulation Unkindnesses, Discourtesies Win-Lose or Lose-Win Thinking Violating Expectations Disloyalty, Duplicity Pride, conceit, Arrogance Not receiving feedback and giving you messages

7 Habits
Reactive Stimulus Response

Stimulus

Proactive Freedom to Choose Response

Self-awareness Imagination Conscience Independent Will

Habit One - Be Proactive

Proactivity vs. Reactivity I am responsible for my life My choices control my behavior I stand for something Factors beyond my control create my life My conditions, conditioning, and feelings

control my behavior

Habit 1: Be proactive.
the gap = our choice
proactive (forward acting, opportunity-focused, clear) I will read one book per month in my field. I will exercise regularly.

stimulus response
no concern

circle of circle of influence concern reactive

(reverse acting, problem-bound, vague) I am not as smart as others in this company. People think Im too heavy.

Not until you can say

I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

... can you say

I choose otherwise.

Examples of your reactive statements ... and your proactive counterparts. What to do when frustrated? Discouraged? Imposter? What is your fix routine? Why not be proactive? What is the risk? Are you willing to risk failure?

Risking failure ... a shining example!

Less than one year of formal education. Ran for state legislature ... lost. Bought a store to make a living ... ended up with a huge debt. Interested in a girl ... she died. Interested in another girl ... she dumped him. Served four successive terms in the state general assembly. Became a lawyer. Engaged to be married ... engagement broke ... eventually got married. Had a son more failures ... then another who died ... then another who died ... then another. Ran for Congress ... and lost ... but more and again, and lost ... and again, and lost ... successes! ... then elected ...but was too unpopular to be re-elected. Became one of the leading lawyers in his state. Ran for Senate .. and lost. Write your failure resume. Ran for President ... and won. Did you risk time, energy, money, or reputation? Presided successfully over a war. Re-elected President. Why did you fail (see reasons above)?

1 outside of your circle of influenc 2 failure of planning 3 failure of action

Seven Habits - Number Two

Habit Two: Begin with the end in mind
C C C C C C

Meaning of this habit All things are created twice The two creations Rescripting Personal mission statements Values at the center

Value of Habit Two

Stating why we exist & what we are about is difficult Expression - putting into words - changes us

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Henry David Thoreau

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind.

The law of the farm: You reap what you sow. translated sacrifice vision = what you want to see mission = immediate next step(s) Both tend to focus priorities.

Specifically write what you want to reap. What do you HOPE for? A prestigious job? A beautiful girlfriend or a tall, dark and handsome boyfriend? Mone Write what you are willing to sow. Time? Personal energy? Money? Your friends? Any books or movies or models that guide you?

Begin With The End In Mind

Identify the Target!

To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where youre going so that you better understand where you are now, so that the steps you take are always in the right direction. Stephen Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Stages in the Backward Design Process

Identify
desired results.

What should we know and will be able to do?

Determine acceptable evidence. How will we know that we want to know? Plan learning experiences and instruction. What activities, skills, information and resources will be best?

What this habit means

Consider the end of your life C image, picture, or paradigm C criterion by which everything else is examined Start with a clear destination C know where you are going C understand where you are now C take steps in the right direction

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit 3: Put first things first.

important urgent I: necessity crises deadlines maintaining III interruptions some meetings some reports not urgent II: opportunity PC activities planning & prevention commitment IV trivia busy work time wasters

not important

We want Quadrant II > Quadrant I. Quadrant II comes from Quadrants III and IV. Estimate how much time you spend in Quadrant II (and what IS Quad IV?) ... How do you plan your day? Diary? Things to do today ? How much is your time worth to you, in INR/hour or INR/Min?

Habit 3 ... a demonstration.

1 Identify big rocks (q2). 2 Schedule these FIRST! 3 Surround with other. What is the lesson?

Habit Four Think Win/Win

WinWin Definition

The win-win approach is a set of principles, practices, and tools, which enable a set of interdependent stakeholders to work out a mutually satisfactory (win-win) set of shared commitments.

Habit 4: Think win-win.

lose-win consideration
(you get hard feelings)

win-win or no deal
(abundance mentality; get P and PC)

lose-lose
(never pays)

win-lose
(other person gets hard feeling)

courage Are there times when paradigms others than win-win are appropriate? How do you develop courage? Consideration? Emotional bank account? What causes conflict? Tools for conflict resolution? Your boundaries?

Habit 5: First understand ... then be understood.

win-win area = L x h L = be understood h = understand

4 tips for dealing with people Do not criticize, condemn, or complain. Express sincere appreciation. Give them emotional air and listen to them. Focus on their interests (know your best alternative coming in).
What are some stranglers for emotional air? What are some ways we can express sincere appreciation? How often do you ask someone to a professional lunch? How do you meet a person? How do you greet a person?

Habit 6: Synergize.
Animal school
Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a New World, so they organized a school. They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming, and flying. To make it easier to administer, all animals took all the subjects. In the end, the ducks web feet were so badly worn that he couldnt swim, the rabbit had a nervous breakdown and couldnt run, the eagle was disciplined severely for getting to the top of the tree without climbing, and an abnormal eel ended up doing best overall and winning valedictorian. What are your unique gifts? What talents do you need from others? What qualities often seem like a disadvantage, but are necessary? How do you contact or talk with people, if you are shy?

Principles of Creative Communication

Synergy The exercise of all the other habits prepares us for the habit of synergy. Synergy. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Few people experience synergy in their lives because most people have been scripted into defensive or protective communications. Synergy can be unnerving unless one has a high tolerance for ambiguity and gets security from integrity to principles and inner values.

Negative Synergy
Most highly dependent people are trying to

succeed in an interdependent reality. Many people don't realize that the real strength of any relationship is having alternative points of view.

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw.

Spiritual
battle of good versus evil (atheism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism)

Social
family, friends, service (notes, phone calls, emails, visits)

Mental
reading, journaling, discussing, seminars, meetings

Physical
endurance, strength, flexibility, sleep, eating

When will YOU sharpen your saw? What measures will you use in each category?

Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Steven Covey

Habit 1 - Be Proactive Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3 - Put First Things First Habit 4 - Think Win/Win Habit 5 - Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6 - Synergize Habit 7 - Sharpen the Saw

The Beginning ...of a Leader in YOU.