FranklinCovey Leadership Class
It takes an exceptional manager to achieve enduring high results. This 2-day intensive application- oriented seminar prepares you with a set of tools that will help you meet today’s management challenges: conflict resolution; prioritization; performance management; accountability and trust; execution; collaboration; and employee development. Participants will learn how to increase resourcefulness and initiative; define their contribution as a manager; manage performance with a balance of accountability and trust; give constructive feedback; and improve team decision-making skills. This powerful FranklinCovey workshop is based on Stephen Covey’s bestselling “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” but updated and directed toward the manager’s role. It will be led by Dr. Deborah Harley, certified FranklinCovey instructor & professor and VP of Leadership at East Tennessee State University. Discover the same transforming principles that have a proven track record in leading the world’s foremost business leaders to professional and personal success.
Agenda
Foundation
Get acquainted with the terms and models unique to the 7 Habits®. Empower team members to make their highest and best contribution.
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Recognize how choices based on personal experience or beliefs can profoundly impact your effectiveness both positively and negatively. Identify your hidden resources and use them to break through barriers to the results you want.
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Develop a clear definition of what is and is not important to you and your organization. Shape your own future instead of leaving it to the outside influences of other people or circumstances.
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Gain a reputation for excellent follow-through and superior organizational skills by greatly increasing your ability to focus on your top priorities. Recognize that effectiveness requires the willingness to eliminate the unimportant.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Build a team that finds faster and better solutions through clear expectations, shared responsibilities, and an understanding of priorities. Easily share recognition and success without fear of diminished personal importance.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand,
Then to Be Understood
Develop the ability to deeply understand any problem and give honest, accurate feedback that develops trust. Learn to listen for clarity while eliminating prejudices and the desire to prescribe.
Habit 6: Synergize
Value and celebrate differences and understand how they contribute to innovative and better solutions. Maximize opinions, perspectives, and backgrounds instead of feeling threatened by them.
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Maintain and increase your newfound effectiveness by continually renewing yourself mentally and physically.
