Supporting The Leader in Me Initiative

We are often asked how parents can support their school’s leadership initiative. Each time we are asked we give the same answer “Use the 7 Habits language at home.” As the school year unfolds, the children are learning the language and meaning of the 7 Habits. By hearing the same language at home and at school, you send the children a strong message of what you believe is important and that we are all on the same team—the team that wants to help succeed. When parents and schools support one another, the sky's the limit! Below is a summary of each of the habits:

 

  1. Be Proactive -  You’re in Charge

  • Principles - Responsibility, choice, accountability, initiative, and respect.

  • Pause and respond based on principles and desired results.

  • Use proactive language.

  • Focus on your Circle of Influence.

  • Become a Transition Person.

  1. Begin With the End in Mind - Have a Plan

  • Principles - Vision, commitment, and purpose.

  • Define outcomes before you act.

  • Create and live by a Personal Mission Statement.

  1. Put First Things First - Work First, Then Play

  • Principles - Focus, integrity, discipline, and prioritization.

  • Focus on your highest priorities.

  • Eliminate the unimportant.

  • Plan every week.

  • Stay true in the moment of choice.

  1. Think Win-Win - Everyone Can Win

  • Principles - Mutual benefit, fairness, and abundance.

  • Build your Emotional Bank Account with others.

  • Have an Abundance Mentality.

  • Balance courage and consideration.

  • Consider other people’s wins as well as your own.

  • Create WIn-Win Agreements.

  1. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood - Listen Before You Talk

  • Principles - Respect, mutual understanding, empathy, and courage.

  • Practice Empathic Listening.

  • Respectfully seek to be understood.

  1. Synergize - Together Is Better

  • Principles - Creativity, cooperation, diversity, and humility.

  • Value differences.

  • Seek 3rd Alternatives.

  1. Sharpen the Saw - Balance Feels Best

  • Principles - Renewal, continuous improvement, and balance.

  • Achieve the Daily Private Victory.

Habit 8:  Find Your Voice 

  • Principles- fairness, kindness, respect, honesty, integrity, service and contribution

  • We can discover our voice because of the 3 gifts we are born with:

    • Gift 1: The freedom to choose

    • Gift 2: The natural laws or principles – those that dictate the consequences of behavior. Positive consequences come from fairness, kindness, respect, honesty, integrity, service and contribution

    • Gift 3: The four intelligences – mental, physical, emotional and spiritual.

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