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It would be apt sharing excerpts from Noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore's poem on duty and joy, before unveiling The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness..by Stephen R Covey.

I slept and dreamed that life was joy,I awoke and saw that life was duty,I acted for mankind, and behold duty was bliss.

Our voice is useless if we don't serve others in reaching their destiny. We should come out of" I" and should think about "we" (mankind) , because serving mankind will shower eternal bliss which will act as a tonic for our body ,mind, heart and spirit and in turn transform us as a whole person........ which should be the ultimate goal.

These three lines are essence of THE 8th Habit : Find your voice and inspire others to find their voice.

Happy Reading..........................

Thanks,

K V Chakrapani(Call me "Chakri")DSCI.

Source of the presentation is THE 8TH HABIT

BY:- STEPHEN R. COVEY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR• STEPHEN COVEY is cofounder and vice chairman of Franklin

Covey, a global professional services firm. Acknowledged by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most influential Americans.

• Dr. Covey is the author of seven books including:- > The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, > First Things First > Principle-Centered Leadership. • Dr. Covey holds an undergraduate degree from the

University of Utah, an MBA from Harvard and a Doctorate from Brigham Young University. .

• Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, founder of the former Covey Leadership Centre.

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ABOUT 7TH HABITS

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey

1. Be proactive 2. Begin with the end in mind Dependence3. Put first things first4. Think win/win Independence5. Seek first to understand... Then to be understood6. Synergise7. Sharpen the saw Interdependence

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ABOUT THE BOOKTHE 8TH HABIT

• The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness is a book written by Stephen R. Covey, published in 2004.

MAIN IDEAThe eighth habit is to "Find your voice and inspire others to find their voice". THIIS BOOK TELLS US HOW WE CAN REACH TO GREATNESS FROM EFFECTIVENESSThe book is divided into two sections: > The first few chapters focusing on finding your voice, (means how we can find our voice)

> Latter chapters are about inspiring others to find their voice. (it guides us how we can inspire other people to find their voice)

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Find your voice 1. Discover your own voice

2. Express your voice > Vision > Discipline > Passion > Conscience

Inspire others to find their voices FOCUS-MODELING AND PATH FINDING > Expand the influence

> focusing upon trustworthiness > Building trust > Blend other’s voices > Create a common voice

EXECUTION-ALIGNING AND EMPOWERING > Aligning goals and systems for results > Empowering others voice > Using our voice wisely to serve others

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Find Your VoiceDiscover your voice

To find your voice means to engage in work that genuinely taps your talent and fuels your passion. It means to do something significant with your career – to sense an unmet need and then to fully harness all your talents and passion to meet that need. To find your voice means to take the path to greatness rather than settling for mediocrity.

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Components of a person’s voice

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Components of a person

Components of a person

Basic needsBasic needs Key attributesKey attributes dimensionsdimensionsIntelligences/

Capacities(Quotient)

Intelligences/Capacities(Quotient)

To live

To learn

To love

Discipline

vision

passion

conscience conscience

need

Talent

passion

To leave a legacy

mind

sprit

Body

heart

Physical (PQ)

Mental (IQ)

Emotional(EQ)

Spiritual(SQ)

Express Your Voice All of history’s greatest achievers have only one thing in common. Through long-

term effort and intensive inner struggle, they have greatly expanded their talents, passions, needs and conscience. By doing this, they have enhanced the power of their voices

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YOUR VOICEYOUR VOICE

PASSIONPASSION

CONSCIENCECONSCIENCE TALENTSTALENTS

NEEDSNEEDS

In order to express your voice more decisively and distinctively, you need to work at building your capacities in each

of these four dimensions:• 1. Vision – being able to see a future state in your mind’s eye before it

materializes in the flesh. Vision is simply applied imagination, as most things are created mentally before being brought into physical reality

• 2. Discipline – which is effectively willpower embodied. Discipline is needed to actually make things happen. To be disciplined means to

accept reality, become totally immersed in the facts and then move forward from there.

• 3. Passion – the unrelenting drive which comes from the heart. People with passion are motivational to be with because they believe the best way to predict the future is to take part in shaping it.

• 4. Conscience – your moral sense of what’s right and what’s wrong. Every religion and every culture of the world has an accepted set of values which dictates a sense of fairness and the concepts of honesty, respect and contribution.

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INSPIRE OTHERS TO FIND THEIR VOICE

• The Leadership Challenge

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WHAT DO SUCCESSFUL LEADERS DO?

SET DIRECTIONSET DIRECTION

ENGENDER ORGANISATIONAL

CAPABILITY

ENGENDER ORGANISATIONAL

CAPABILITY

MOBILIZE INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT

MOBILIZE INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT

DEMONSTRATEPERSONAL CHARECTER

DEMONSTRATEPERSONAL CHARECTER

For an Organization to express its voice, its leaders must fulfill these roles:

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1.MODELLING:-For any organization to work in a perfect way the most important factor is to have faith and trust upon each other. it is very important for a leader to be a model both in character and competence. Just in fruit of trustworthiness of both people and organization. The personal character plays a vital role in trust upon someone.

2. Path finding: - The organisation must jointly develop a viable strategy which will allow it to move from where it is now to where it wants to be in the future. Path finding creates order without demanding it.

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3. Aligning :– the organisation has to put in place structures, processes and systems which will engender the behaviour which is desired and keep everyone on course. Aligning produces a form of institutionalised moral authority to act. Alignment nourishes both vision and empowerment without enshrining them as imperatives.

4. Empowering :– focusing the organisation’s talent on the results needed rather than the methods used and then getting out of people’s way. Empowering is all about execution. In an empowered organisation, leaders give help and direction only when requested. Empowerment unleashes human potential without externally motivating it.

Focus embodies both the modeling and path finding roles in helping organizations find their voice and achieve greatness.

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YOURORGANISATION’S

VOICE

MODELING

PATHFINDING

FOCUS

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1. Expand Your Influence• Before you respond to a situation, decide whether or how to use the voice of

influence. The boss may be a jerk, but you can choose your response. The key question: What’s the best thing you can do under these circumstances? You choose which level of initiative to use on the basis of how far the task lies within or outside your “circle of influence.” This choice takes sensitivity and judgment,but gradually your circle will expand.

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7 LEVELS OF INITIATIVES / SELF-EMPOWERMENT

DO IT

DO IT & REPORT PERIODICALLY

DO IT AND REPORT IMMEDIATELY

“I INTEND TO “

MAKE A RECOMMENDATION

ASK

WAIT UNTIL TOLD

TRUST

TRUSTWORTHINESS

2. Be Trustworthy

• Trust is the key to all relationships — and the glue of organizations. It’s not always true that all we need for success is talent, energy and personality.

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Trustworthiness comes from personal character

Personal integrity Maturity Abundance

MentalityTechnical competence

Conceptual knowledge

Awareness of

interdependency

Blending Voices: Searching forThe Third Alternative

• The “third alternative” is a higher middle position, better than either of the other two ways. It’s a product of creative effort. It emerges from our willingness to really listen. We don’t know where it’s going to end up. All we know is that it’ll be better than it is now.

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One Voice: Path finding SharedVision, Values and Strategy

• “Path finding” is uniting diverse people into one voice, one great purpose. One way to do this would be to announce the vision, values and strategy to people, without any real involvement on their part. or to reasonably involve people in the process of developing the vision, mission and strategy, in a culture of trust.

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The Empowering Voice

The empowering role of leadership means creating win-win agreements about goals that align with the company’s vision, and then

holding people accountable for results.

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The Four Disciplines of Execution (4DX)

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1. Always focus on the one thing that is wildly important.

2. Create a compelling scoreboard everyone will want to use.

3. Translate lofty goals into very specific actions.4. Hold each other accountable for results all the

time.

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Personal Greatness

Leadership Greatness

Organisational Greatness

The 8th habit sweet spot 4DX

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Find your voice and inspire others to do so

Find your voice and inspire others to do so

Find your voice Find your voice Inspire others to find their voice

Inspire others to find their voice

FocusFocus ExecutionExecution

In summary, the 8th Habit is all about finding your voice as an individual, as a team and as an organisation.

SUMMARY

RECOMMENDATION

This book is worth for everyone who finds it difficult to achieve

their goal, the uniqueness of the 8th Habit is that it can be applied effectively to individuals, groups

and organizations equally.

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