HOW TO USE THIS LEADERSHIP TOOL
“Your attitude determines your attitude.”
—Stephen Covey, THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLEIt’s one thing to know what to do; it’s another thing to do it. Covey speaks of a positive learn-
ing spiral: committing and doing, which leads to learning, which leads to making more intel-
ligent commitments and more effective action, which leads to additional learning, and so on.
Use this workspace to begin your positive learning spiral.
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16 SECTION 1 FOUNDATIONALCONCEPTS
❑ Seek agreements or solutions that are mutually beneficial to all parties.
❑ Encourage and foster relationships of mutual benefit. [☛9.5 Negotiation]
❑ Work from an abundance mind-set. Seek solutions that enlarge the pie.
[☛14.1 Scarcity and Abundance]
❑ Exercise patience and thoughtfulness, reflecting your understanding of what
others have said, before seeking to be understood by them.
❑ Diagnose before you prescribe.
❑ Remember, it’s impossible to influence people without first understanding
them. [☛8.7 Active Listening]
❑ Creativity is based in differences and seeing things in new ways. Foster a cli-
mate in which people will share their ideas and be open to each other.
[☛6.7 Creativity and Innovation]
❑ Value different opinions and perspectives when seeking solutions.
[☛14.7 Personal Preferences]
❑ Continuously renew the physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and
social dimensions of your life.
❑ Formulate a personal program to keep balance in your life, and encourage
others to do the same.
❑ Continually become more self-aware through personal development activi-
ties (e.g., learning more about leadership, examining your actions to discov-
er underlying principles, getting feedback and coaching).Foster
interdependence.
(Think win–win.)Show empathy.
(Seek first to understand,
then to be understood.)Value differences.
(Synergize.)Continually improve.
(Sharpen your saw.)[☛3.1 Strategy][☛2.4 Visioning]Exercise
initiative.
(Be proactive.)Create the
future.
(Begin with the
end in mind.)Your strengths Your development Steps you will take to further
Leadership relative to this needs relative to develop your strengths, and to
habit habit this habit overcome your weaknesses