From Effectiveness to GreatnessHabit #8

Find Your Voice Engage in work that genuinely taps your

talents and fuels your passion Doing something significant with your

career Take the path to greatness rather than

settle for mediocrity

Find Your Voice A whole person has four basic

components: A physical body A mind capable of independent thought

and analysis A heart which can feel emotion A spirit—your soul or philosophical center

Find Your Voice Each of the four components ahs a

corresponding basic need: Physical body—to live Mind—to learn Heart—to love Spirit—to leave a legacy

Find Your Voice The highest manifestation of these

capacities are: Physical body—discipline Mind—vision Heart—passion Spirit—conscience

Find Your Voice As you begin to understand, respect, and

ultimately balance these manifestations for yourself, synergy is created You become energized as you begin to

understand what you’re actually capable of achieving

When you engage in work that taps your talents and fuels your passions, and which fills the need your conscience has drawn you towards, you find your voice

Find Your Voice The human voice is unique and significant

because it lies at the intersection of your own unique: Talents—natural gifts and strengths Passion—those things that excite and enthuse

you Needs—the necessity that you earn a living by

providing what people are willing to pay for Conscience—that still, small internal voice or

compass which confirms what is right and when you’re doing it

Express Your Voice In order to express your voice more

decisively and distinctly, you need to work at building your capacities in each of these four dimensions Vision Discipline Passion conscience

Express Your Voice Vision

Being able to see a future state in your mind’s eye before it materializes in the flesh

Applied imagination Most things are created mentally before

being brought into the physical world Practice seeing the best in people and

finding it This will help bring out the best in them

Express Your Voice Discipline

Willpower Needed to actually make things happen Means to:

Accept reality Become totally immersed in the facts Move forward

Do what has to be done rather than what is easy to do

Forgo immediate pleasure in anticipation of a far greater future payoff

Express Your Voice Passion

The unrelenting drive which comes from the heart

Being motivated because you believe the best way to predict the future is to take part in shaping it

Find your purpose and role in the world When you are passionate, you don’t require

any supervision to get things done Motivation comes from within

Express Your Voice Conscience

Your moral sense of what’s right and wrong

Encourages people to sacrifice something good in order to achieve something better

Transforms passion into compassion and allows us to build relationships of trust with others

People who live by their conscience will have inner integrity and peace of mind

Express Your Voice Apply these four dimensions to any role you carry

out in your life Ask the following questions:

What need to I sense for my family, in my community, or in the organization I work for?

What talent do I possess which, if properly disciplined and applied, would meet that specific need?

Does the opportunity to meet that need tap into the things I feel most passionate about?

Does my conscience allow me to take action in this way and become intensively involved?

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Once you’ve found your own voice, the

way you can continue to increase your feelings of achievement is to help others find their voices

To inspire others means to recognize, respect, and create meaningful opportunities for others to express their voices Inspire—Latin inspirare--Breath life into

another

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Whenever you express your voice using

the four dimensions—vision, passion, discipline, and conscience—you are displaying potential leadership

Leaders must fill four roles: Modeling Pathfinding Aligning empowering

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Modeling

Set a good example Inspires trust

Pathfinding Developing strategies to move forward Creates order

Aligning Structures, processes, systems that keep everyone

on course Produces a moral authority

Empowering Focusing talents on results rather than methods

used Unleashes human potential

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Building Focus

Expanding influence Striving for personal excellence Always doing what’s right Avoiding complaining, criticizing, or being

negative Empathizing with your boss—do more than

what is expected Being constant—sticking to your principles

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Building Focus

Be Trustworthy Personal integrity—principle centered life Maturity—dealing with tough issues

compassionately An abundance mentality—win-win attitude,

gratitude Technical competence—skills and knowledge Conceptual knowledge—ability to see the big

picture Awareness—all life is interdependent

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Build Focus

Building Trust Create mutual understanding Generate an environment of integrity Practice openness Be kind and courteous Think win-win Clarify expectations Be loyal Be prepared to accept apologies Give and receive genuine feedback Be forgiving

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Build Focus

Blend other’s voices Conflict can be good Create synergy—never compromise Questions to ask:

Would you be willing to search for another alternative solution that is better than what either you have proposed or what we have proposed so far?

Would you agree to one simple ground rule while we discuss this: No one can make his or her point until they have restated the other person’s previous point to his or her satisfaction

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Build Focus

Create a common vision Combine mission, vision, and values with a

strategic plan When people know what key goals are, they

will be accountable for achieving those goals Focus on what needs to be done

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices To Execute Better

Align goals and systems Develop informational systems Create a compensation system Have an abundance mentality Stay flexible Look constantly at world-class performers Set up a great feedback system Achieve good balance

Inspire Others to Find Their Voices To Execute Better

Empower others When people feel empowered, they need

little or no supervision Use their own initiative

Key empowerment tools: Win-win agreements Self evaluation and performance appraisal Servant leaders

Closing the Gap Between Focus and Execution Focus on the one thing that is important Create a compelling scoreboard

everyone will want to use Must be highly visible Must reflect progress toward your goal Must be updated daily

Translate goals into very specific actions Hold each other accountable for results

all the time