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THE8THHABIT

BY: STEPHEN R. COVEY

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in 1932.

Acknowledged by Time Magazine as one

of the 25 most influential Americans

Author of seven books including:> The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

> First Things First

> Principle-Centered Leadership.

Holds an undergraduate degree from the

University of Utah, an MBA from Harvard and a Doctorate fromBrigham Young University.

Internationally respected leadership authority, family expert,teacher, organizational consultant

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ABOUT 7 HABITS

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, firstpublished in 1989, is a self-help book written byStephen R. Covey

1. Be proactive Dependence2. Begin with the end in mind3. Put first things first Independence4. Think win/win

5. Seek first to understand... InterdependenceThen to be understood6. Synergise7. Sharpen the saw Self renewal

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ABOUT THE BOOK

THE 8TH HABIT The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness is a book written by

Stephen R. Covey, published in 2004.

MAIN IDEA

The eighth habit is to "Find your voice and inspire others to find their voice".

THIIS BOOK TELLS US HOW WE CAN REACH TO GREATNESS FROM EFFECTIVENESS

The book is divided into two sections:

> The first few chapters focusing on finding your voice,

(means how we can find our voice)

> Latter chapters are about inspiring others to find their voice.

(it guides us how we can inspire other people to find their voice)

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Find your voice1. Discover your own voice

2. Express your voice> Vision> Discipline> Passion> Conscience

Inspire others to find their voices

FOCUS-MODELING AND PATH FINDING> Expand the influence> focusing upon trustworthiness

> Building trust> Blend others voices> Create a common voice

EXECUTION-ALIGNING AND EMPOWERING> Aligning goals and systems for results> Empowering others voice> Using our voice wisely to serve others

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Find Your Voice(Discover your voice)

To find your voice means to engage in work that

genuinely taps your talents and fuels your

passion. It means to do something significant

with your careerto sense an unmet need and

then to fully harness all your talents and passion

to meet that need. To find your voice means to

take the path to greatness rather than settlingfor mediocrity.

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Components of a persons voice

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Components

of a personBasic needs Key attributes dimensions

Intelligences/

capacities

To live

To learn

To love

Discipline

Vision

Passion

Conscience Conscience

Need

Talent

Passion

To leave a legacy

Mind

Spirit

Body

Heart

Physical (PQ)

Mental (IQ)

Emotional(EQ)

Spiritual(SQ)

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Express Your VoiceAll of historys greatest achievers have only one thing in common. Through long-

term effort and intensive inner struggle, they have greatly expanded their talents,

passions, needs and conscience. By doing this, they have enhanced the power of

their voices

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YOUR VOICE

PASSION

CONSCIENCE TALENTS

NEEDS

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In order to express your voice moredecisively and distinctively, you need to

work at building your capacities in eachof these four dimensions:

1. Vision being able to see a future state in your minds eye before itmaterializes in the flesh. Vision is simply applied imagination, as most things arecreated mentally before being brought into physical reality

2. Discipline which is effectively willpower embodied.Discipline is needed to actually make things happen. To be disciplined means to

accept reality, become totally immersed in the facts and then move forward fromthere.

3. Passion the unrelenting drive which comes from the heart. People withpassion are motivational to be with because they believe the best way to predictthe future is to take part in shaping it.

4. Conscience your moral sense of whats right and whats wrong. Everyreligion and every culture of the world has an accepted set of values whichdictates a sense of fairness and the concepts of honesty, respect and contribution.

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INSPIRE OTHERS TO FIND THEIR

VOICE The Leadership Challenge

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WHAT DO SUCCESSFUL LEADERS DO?

SET DIRECTION

ENGENDER

ORGANISATIONAL

CAPABILITY

MOBILIZE INDIVIDUAL

COMMITMENT

DEMONSTRATE

PERSONAL CHARECTER

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For an Organization to express its voice,

its leaders must fulfill these roles:

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1. MODELLING: For any organization to work in a perfect waythe most important factor is to have faith and trust upon each other.

it is very important for a leader to be a model both in character andcompetence. Just in fruit of trustworthiness of both people and

organization. The personal character plays a vital role in trust upon

someone.

2. PATH FINDING: The organisation must jointly develop aviable strategy which will allow it to move from where it is now to

where it wants to be in the future. Path finding creates order

without demanding it.

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3. ALIGNING: The organisation has to put in placestructures,processes and systems which will engender the

behaviour which is desired and keep everyone on course. Aligning

produces a form of institutionalised moral authority to act.

Alignment nourishes both vision and empowerment without

enshrining them as imperatives.

4.EMPOWERING: Focusing the organisations talent onthe results needed rather than the methods used and then getting

out of peoples way. Empowering is all about execution. In an

empowered organisation, leaders give help and direction only when

requested. Empowerment unleashes human potential without

externally motivating it.

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Focus embodies both the modeling and path

finding roles in helping organizations find theirvoice and achieve greatness.

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YOUR

ORGANISATIONS

VOICE

MODELING

PATHFINDING

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1. Expand Your Influence Before you respond to a situation, decide whether or how to use the voice of

influence. The boss may be a jerk, but you can choose your response. The keyquestion: Whats the best thing you can do under these circumstances? You choosewhich level of initiative to use on the basis of how far the task lies within or outsideyour circle ofinfluence. This choice takes sensitivity andjudgment,but graduallyyour circle will expand.

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7 LEVELS OF INITIATIVES / SELF-EMPOWERMENT

DO IT

DO IT AND REPORT PERIODICALLY

DO IT AND REPORT IMMEDIATELY

I INTEND TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION

ASK

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2. Be Trustworthy

Trust is the key to all relationships and the glue oforganizations. Its not true that all we need forsuccess is talent, energy and personality.

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Trustworthiness comes from personal character

Personal

integrity Maturity

Abundance

Mentality

Technical

competence

Conceptual

knowledge

Awareness

ofinterdependency

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Blending Voices: Searching for

The Third Alternative

The third alternative is a higher middle

position, better than either of the other two

ways. Its a product of creative effort. It

emerges from our willingness to really listen.We dont know where its going to end up. All

we know is that itll be better than it is now.

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One Voice: Pathfinding Shared

Vision, Values and Strategy

Pathfinding is uniting diverse people into

one voice, one great purpose. One way to do

this would be to announce the vision, values

and strategy to people, without any realinvolvement on their part. or to reasonably

involve people in the process of developing

the vision, mission and strategy, in a culture oftrust.

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The Empowering Voice

The empowering role of

leadership means creating win-

win agreements about goals that

align with the companys vision,

and then holding peopleaccountable for results.

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The Four Disciplines of Execution

(4DX)

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1.Always focus on the one thing that is wildly

important.

2. Create a compelling scoreboard everyone will

want to use.

3. Translate lofty goals into very specific actions.

4. Hold each other accountable for results all the

time.

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Personal Greatness

Leadership Greatness

Organisational Greatness

The 8th habit

sweet spot

4DX

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8th habit principles applied in business

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Use the four vital roles to establish trust and make growth a given

Build and sustain an atmosphere of respect and openness

Keep and inspire your most talented workers

Apply creative cooperation to reach new levels of performance

Stay more "promotable

Develop leadership at every level of your organization

Take advantage of strengths and compensate for weakness

Reduce cynicism and improve morale

Stay flexible and focused to recognize larger opportunities.

People who have found their voice require no management

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CRITIQUE Others think its too abstract and lack practical

applications

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Find your voice and inspire

others to do so

Find your voiceInspire others to

find their voice

Focus Execution

In summary,

the 8th Habit is

all about

finding your

voice as an

individual, as a

team and as an

organisation.

SUMMARY

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