National surveys and extensive research involving thousands of employees across diverse organizations revealed that while many people work hard and dedicate significant effort, they are often concerned and worried about their overall lack of effectiveness and perceived impact. The survey results and data indicate several critical issues affecting organizational performance and employee satisfaction:
Key Survey Findings and Organizational Challenges:
- Less than 50 percent of your team's time is actually spent on the company's most important objectives and strategic priorities that drive results
- Only 14 percent of employees feel they are meaningfully contributing to company success and organizational goals on a daily basis
- Less than half of your team members clearly know or understand the company's goals and strategic direction for the organization
Why These Problems Exist and Impact Organizations Across All Industries:
The problems revealed by this comprehensive research are not limited to one industry, one geographic location, one economic group, or even one age group. These challenges are common to virtually all organizations and industries, regardless of size or sector. The fundamental issues include: workers have too many assigned tasks and too many competing priorities pulling them in different directions simultaneously. People can't identify key goals and strategic priorities, and therefore can't deliver excellent results or focus their efforts. Individuals, even entire departments, lack open and honest communication about expectations and progress. Crises are often reacted to with fast, less-than-effective decisions made under pressure without strategic thinking. Organizational effectiveness, profitability, employee morale, and customer satisfaction suffer significantly as a result of these disconnects.
The Solution - The 7 Habits Framework for Organizational Excellence:
The good news is that changing ineffective behaviors to effective behaviors will significantly benefit everyone in your organization and improve overall performance substantially. The 7 Habits provide a proven, research-based, and scientifically validated framework that can not only help you to better manage yourself effectively and professionally, but also learn to lead others powerfully and unleash team potential throughout your organization. This approach has transformed countless organizations and millions of individuals worldwide. Attend this powerful, intensive, transformational 2-day workshop and discover the same principles that have led the world's foremost business leaders and organizations to the professional and business success they dreamed of and achieved.
Who Should Attend This Transformational Course and Why:
Managers who are actively seeking to become more effective leaders and improve organizational performance, those seeking to build better relationships with their teams, and anyone who wants to help their organization succeed and thrive. This course is essential for anyone in a management or leadership role who wants to develop greater effectiveness and impact.
How You Will Benefit From This Comprehensive Course:
- Define the meaningful contribution you want to make and what you want to accomplish as a manager going forward
- Enhance your leadership abilities significantly and reach your full potential as an effective leader and organizational strategist
- Judge the goals your efforts should be focused on using effective daily and weekly planning methods and systems
- Communicate effectively with your team and raise the levels of trust and fulfillment within your organization substantially
- Manage yourself proactively and lead your team to achieve important organizational objectives with excellence
- Develop a clear vision and end goal for your leadership contribution and impact on your organization
- Improve decision-making and reduce crisis-driven management approaches
The 7 Habits You Will Master and Apply:
Habit 1: Be Proactive - Become a resourceful, innovative manager who quickly accomplishes goals and motivates team members to get things done. Overcome reactive tendencies and expand your circle of influence and impact within the organization.
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind - Have a clear vision of what you want your contribution as a manager to be and shape your own future and that of your team. Develop outcome-oriented thinking in every activity and project.
Habit 3: Put First Things First - Focus on top priorities and be regarded for follow-through and organizational skills; eliminate the unimportant and time-wasting activities. Allocate appropriate time to planning and crisis prevention strategies.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win - Cultivate enthusiasm with performance measurements that satisfy both employee and employer goals; share recognition and success. Balance the interests of the team and individuals for mutual benefit and achievement.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then Be Understood - Give honest, accurate feedback that develops trust and understand the components of communication and how they impact the message. Practice empathic listening and dialogue with your team.
Habit 6: Synergize - Understand how differences can contribute to innovative solutions; maximize opinions, perspectives, and backgrounds. Practice collaborative problem-solving and leverage team diversity for breakthrough results.
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw - Maintain and increase effectiveness by renewing yourself mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Develop the whole person and tap into the multidimensional capabilities of your team members.
Comprehensive Course Outline and Topics:
Introduction Section - Building Your Foundation: Identify and analyze unique challenges and opportunities managers face in today's business environment. Explain the maturity continuum as a way to envision growth toward excellent managerial capability. Recognize the importance of moving from dependence to independence to interdependence to become truly effective managers. Define the 7 habits of effective managers and understand how they work together.
Managing Yourself Section - The Foundation of Leadership: Realize the importance of managing from the inside out by examining personal character and values. Recognize that only managers who manage themselves effectively will earn the trust and respect of their teams. Appreciate that habits 1, 2, and 3 are key to effective self-management and personal leadership foundation.
Pre-Seminar Requirement and Preparation: Before attending this course, you will receive The 7 Habits for Managers Warm-Up materials, which should be completed and brought to the seminar for discussion and learning.
Course Materials and Resources You Will Receive:
- Comprehensive Participant Guidebook filled with practical examples, exercises, and tools for real-world application in your role
- Management Essentials book containing valuable resources and strategies for dealing with common management challenges and situations
- Workbooks and note-taking materials for capturing key insights, personal commitments, and action items
About the Expert Instructors and Training Program:
All course faculty are trained experts in FranklinCovey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People curriculum and bring real-world management experience. Dr. Stephen R. Covey is a globally respected and renowned leadership authority, educator, and author. His international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, was named one of the 10 most influential management books ever by Forbes magazine. It is the bestselling audiobook in history, having helped millions of people worldwide improve their personal and professional effectiveness.
