National workplace surveys reveal critical challenges affecting organizational performance. Studies show that less than half of team members' time is devoted to the company's most important priorities, only 14 percent of employees feel they contribute meaningfully to company success, and fewer than half understand the organization's strategic goals. These challenges transcend industry boundaries, geography, economic segments, and age groups, affecting all types of organizations.
The root issue is widespread. Employees face overwhelming task loads and competing priorities that obscure key goals, making it difficult to deliver results. Departments frequently lack effective communication channels, and crises often trigger reactive rather than strategic decisions. The promising news is that replacing ineffective behaviors with proven practices benefits everyone. The 7 Habits can help you manage yourself more effectively, lead others with greater influence, and unlock your team's full potential. This intensive two-day workshop introduces you to the same foundational principles that have guided the world's leading business executives toward professional success and achievement.
Who Should Attend:
- Managers seeking to increase their effectiveness, strengthen professional relationships, and drive organizational success
How You Will Benefit:
- Clarify the contribution you want to make as a manager and identify what you aim to accomplish
- Strengthen your leadership abilities and reach your full potential
- Use daily and weekly planning systems to identify the goals that should drive your efforts
- Communicate with greater effectiveness and build higher levels of trust and fulfillment in your team
What You Will Cover:
Habit 1: Be Proactive. Develop resourcefulness and innovation to accomplish goals quickly and motivate your team members to deliver results.
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind. Establish a clear vision of your desired contribution as a manager and take control of your professional future.
Habit 3: Put First Things First. Focus energy on top priorities to build a reputation for follow-through and organizational excellence, eliminating distractions.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win. Create enthusiasm through performance measures that satisfy both employee and employer objectives, recognizing and celebrating shared success.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then Be Understood. Deliver honest, constructive feedback that builds trust and master the verbal, vocal, and visual elements of communication.
Habit 6: Synergize. Recognize how differences drive innovation; leverage diverse opinions, perspectives, and experiences.
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. Sustain and grow your effectiveness by regularly renewing yourself mentally, physically, and professionally.
Pre-Seminar Requirement:
Before attending, you will receive The 7 Habits for Managers Warm-Up material that you should complete and bring to the seminar.
Attendees Receive:
- Participant Guidebook: a comprehensive manual with practical examples and exercises
- Management Essentials: a resource guide for addressing real management challenges
Special Feature:
All instructors are certified experts in FranklinCovey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People curriculum. Dr. Stephen R. Covey, a globally recognized leadership authority, authored the international bestseller "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," which Forbes magazine ranked among the ten most influential management books of all time. It remains the best-selling audiobook in history.
Course Outline
Introduction
- Identify and evaluate the distinct challenges and opportunities managers encounter
- Explain the Maturity Continuum as a framework for envisioning progress toward excellent managerial capability
- Recognize the importance of transitioning from dependence through independence to interdependence for true managerial effectiveness
- Define the seven habits that characterize effective managers
Managing Yourself
- Understand the importance of managing "from the inside out" by examining your personal character
- Recognize that managers who manage themselves effectively earn their team's trust
- Learn that Habits 1, 2, and 3 form the foundation of strong self-management
Habit 1: Be Proactive
- Overcome reactive thinking patterns that reduce productivity and effectiveness
- Expand your Circle of Influence so you can achieve your objectives
- Apply resourcefulness in managing the universal challenge of limited resources
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
- Identify the unique contributions you can make in your role as manager
- Adopt an outcome-focused mindset for every project, meeting, and presentation
Habit 3: Put First Things First
- Move beyond the crisis-focused mindset that wastes time and energy; develop a long-term perspective
- Allocate adequate time to planning, preparation, and crisis prevention
- Establish a few specific, measurable goals that are essential to your managerial contribution
- Make goal progress by breaking them into weekly and daily objectives and tasks
Leading Others
- Understand that strong self-management enables effective leadership
- Recognize the importance of helping team members develop confidence in their own abilities
- Learn that Habits 4, 5, and 6 drive motivation and high-performance team leadership
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
- Balance organizational and team interests with the needs of individual team members
- Motivate team members to peak performance by helping them manage themselves toward shared goals
- Empower team members through the Win-Win Performance Agreement Tool to manage and evaluate their performance
- Strengthen team trust by recognizing good performance and addressing the emotional needs of each member
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
- Develop an accurate understanding of team performance issues through empathic listening
- Give honest, accurate feedback to improve individual and team results
Habit 6: Synergize
- Seek out and respect diverse perspectives when addressing team challenges
- Use collaborative problem-solving approaches to maximize creative solutions
Unleashing Potential
- Unlock team members' full potential by recognizing and valuing them as whole people
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
- Leverage the multidimensional strengths of team members to reach team goals
- Invest in developing each team member as a complete professional
