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7 Habits Of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is Stephen Covey best selling self-improvement book. It is founded on the methodology that the way we see the world is entirely based on our own perceptions. In order to change a given situation, we must change ourselves, and in order to change ourselves, we must be able to change our perceptions.

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We all want to succeed. And one path to success is identifying the habits that can help us on our journey.

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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

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

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Assume full accountability for own life and results around you.

Clarity on what matters most in work and personal life.

·Able to prioritize and achieve the most important goals, instead of constantly reacting to urgent things.

·Able to collaborate more effectively by building relationships of trust and mutual benefit to create win win situations.

·Have an attitude of continuous improvement and learning.

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THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

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INTRODUCTION

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  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people

  • Habits and their effects

  • How to create a habit

  • The 3 dimensions of habit creation

  • The Paradigm of 7 habit

 

MANAGING YOURSELF

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HABIT 1. BE PROACTIVE

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  • The Proactive Model

  • Paradigm: See alternatives, not roadblocks

  • Circle of Concern & Circle of Influence

  • Proactive and Reactive people

  • Watching out up the stimulus

  • Choosing your language

  • Paradigm: Focus on what you can influence

  • Exercise: Replace reactive language/tasks with proactive language/tasks

  • Paradigm: Expand, not limit, your resource

 

 

HABIT 2. BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND

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  • Values and Goals

  • Change your thoughts to change who you are and what you value

  • Paradigm: Define your unique contribution as you

  • Exercise: Visualize your own eulogy

  • Your life and daily script

  • Paradigm: Define practical outcomes

  • Exercise: Break down different roles in your life

  • Exercise: Define what scares you

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COURSE OUTLINE

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HABIT 3. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST

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  • The key to time management

  • How to overcome the urgent

  • The 4 quadrants - urgent, important matri

  • Paradigm: Focus on the important, not just the urgent

  • Exercise: Identify a Quadrant II activity you've been neglecting

  • Paradigm: Set a few "wildly important goals"

  • Paradigm: Plan weekly act daily

  • Exercise: Create your own time management matrix

 

LEADING OTHERS

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HABIT 4. THINK WIN-WIN

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  • Win win solutions

  • Win win processes

  • Paradigm: Balance courage and consideration

  • Paradigm: Manage performance through a win-win process

  • Not your way or my way but the better way

  • Win-Lose quadrant

  • Your emotional bank account

  • Exercise: Identify 3 important relationships in your life

  • Paradigm: Build trust with co-workers

  • Exercise: Think about an upcoming interaction & deeply consider your own interaction tendencies

 

HABIT 5. SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

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  • Rushing to fix things - failing to diagnose

  • How to listen to understand

  • Paradigm: Emphatic listening

  • Exercise: Next time you see 2 people communicate, cover your ears and watch

  • Exercise: Next time you give a presentation, root it in empathy

  • Paradigm: Give honest, accurate feedback

 

HABIT 6. SYNERGIZE

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  • Your experiences and the experiences of everyone

  • Paradigm: Seek out differences, not just accept them

  • Recognizing your limitations and the resources of others

  • Be influenced first then influence others

  • Exercise: Make a list of people who irritate you & look for opportunities

  • Paradigm: Synergize to arrive a new and better alternatives

  • Exercise: Make a list of people with whom you get along well & look for opportunities

 

UNLEASH POTENTIAL

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HABIT 7. SHARPEN THE SAW

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  • Read, write, relax, exercise, play, love, get involved, meditate

  • The mindset of always learning and always teaching

  • 4 Dimensions of Renewal

  • Paradigm: Treat yourself / team members as "whole people" with untapped positive potential

  • The Upward Spiral

  • Exercise: Make a list of activities that would help you renew yourself

  • Exercise: Start 25 pages on one "sharpen the saw" activity

  • WRAP UP

  • Personal, Interpersonal, Managerial and Organizational Effectiveness

  • 7 Positive Principles

  • Paradigm shift

  • Personal Immune System & a wonderful life

  • Objectives and Key Results

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COURSE DETAILS

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Course Duration

Two day training program

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Certification  

Nikao Consulting internal certification of course attendance

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Target Group  

Executives, Managers, Non-executives

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Methodologies

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  • Active Lecturing, Accelerated Learning techniques

  • Videos

  • Exercises, Activities and Games (related to content)

  • Self-evaluation assessments

  • Systems and processes

  • Observation and Coaching

  • Brainstorming and team discussion

  • •solving practices

  • Action planning

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