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Habit 6: Synergize
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Practical tips for implementing these ideas in daily life
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Discover a unique blend of timeless wisdom and spiritual insight with our '7 Habits for Faithful Living' slide deck series. This innovative collection reimagines Stephen Covey's bestselling '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' through a Christian lens, offering a fresh perspective on personal growth and effectiveness.
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Book club discussions
Personal growth and self-reflection
Youth discipleship programs
Bible study groups
Friendship evangelism
Our decks cover:
Introduction to the 7 Habits
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Each slide deck offers:
Clear, concise summaries of Covey's concepts
Modern, engaging infographics
Relevant Bible verses that reinforce each principle
Christian perspectives on applying the habits
Practical tips for implementing these ideas in daily life
Whether you're familiar with Covey's work or new to the 7 Habits, this series provides a unique opportunity to explore these powerful concepts through a faith-based lens. It's an ideal resource for individuals seeking to align their personal development with their spiritual journey.
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Discover a unique blend of timeless wisdom and spiritual insight with our '7 Habits for Faithful Living' slide deck series. This innovative collection reimagines Stephen Covey's bestselling '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' through a Christian lens, offering a fresh perspective on personal growth and effectiveness.
Each beautifully designed, infographic-rich deck unpacks one of Covey's renowned habits, complementing his principles with relevant Biblical teachings and verses. This series is perfect for:
Book club discussions
Personal growth and self-reflection
Youth discipleship programs
Bible study groups
Friendship evangelism
Our decks cover:
Introduction to the 7 Habits
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Each slide deck offers:
Clear, concise summaries of Covey's concepts
Modern, engaging infographics
Relevant Bible verses that reinforce each principle
Christian perspectives on applying the habits
Practical tips for implementing these ideas in daily life
Whether you're familiar with Covey's work or new to the 7 Habits, this series provides a unique opportunity to explore these powerful concepts through a faith-based lens. It's an ideal resource for individuals seeking to align their personal development with their spiritual journey.
Elevate your understanding of effective living while deepening your faith. '7 Habits for Faithful Living' bridges the gap between secular success principles and Christian values, offering a holistic approach to personal growth that nurtures both practical skills and spiritual wellbeing.
Perfect for pastors, youth leaders, small group facilitators, or anyone interested in personal development from a Christian perspective. Download these slide decks today and embark on a transformative journey towards a more effective, purposeful, and faith-filled life.
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Discover a unique blend of timeless wisdom and spiritual insight with our '7 Habits for Faithful Living' slide deck series. This innovative collection reimagines Stephen Covey's bestselling '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' through a Christian lens, offering a fresh perspective on personal growth and effectiveness.
Each beautifully designed, infographic-rich deck unpacks one of Covey's renowned habits, complementing his principles with relevant Biblical teachings and verses. This series is perfect for:
Book club discussions
Personal growth and self-reflection
Youth discipleship programs
Bible study groups
Friendship evangelism
Our decks cover:
Introduction to the 7 Habits
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Each slide deck offers:
Clear, concise summaries of Covey's concepts
Modern, engaging infographics
Relevant Bible verses that reinforce each principle
Christian perspectives on applying the habits
Practical tips for implementing these ideas in daily life
Whether you're familiar with Covey's work or new to the 7 Habits, this series provides a unique opportunity to explore these powerful concepts through a faith-based lens. It's an ideal resource for individuals seeking to align their personal development with their spiritual journey.
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Are Your Covid Bad Habits Impeding Your Relationships?
Have you picked up any bad Covid Communication habits these past two years?
Actually, that is a baited question. If you answered no, then I’d like you to reflect on that question again because we
all have, no matter our age.
Even before the pandemic, technology made it easier than ever before to craft an email or text then shoot it off
rather than take the time for a live conversation. However, Covid has magnified our propensity to avoid human
interactions, especially for those of us who classify ourselves as introverts.
In my consulting / coaching practice, I am witnessing my clients experience the adverse effects from these
ineffective communication habits. If left to no adjustments, it will seriously impede the ability to develop and deepen
authentic connections.
Relationships are interactive, engaging, and interpersonal. They are not transactional. It is our responsibility to
nourish them through accountable, intentional, and individualized communication.
With self-awareness, we need to extract our egos to customize our messages to their recipients. An investment of
time in engaging interactions will reap benefits hundreds of folds and will actually achieve our end results quicker.
So how do you gauge how effective you are at your communications? I encourage you to answer these questions:
• Is your natural inclination to email or text on every interaction because it’s faster than speaking to someone?
• Are you ever reactionary in your responses so much so that your messages are perceived as direct, curt,
arrogant, etc.?
• How would you rank your listening skills on a scale of 1-5? Do you listen to respond quickly so that you can
move on down the road with a task? Or do you listen to try to empathetically understand and be a resource?
• Do you ever find that you are repeatedly unsuccessful at persuading others, both professionally and
personally?
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, then here are a few strategies to overcome these
communications challenges:
1- When a written correspondence takes more than a minute and a half to create, then consider picking up the
phone instead.
Why? Because if ever this is an activity wrought with opportunity for misunderstanding it’s when in written
form.
While emails and texts are great tools of efficiency, they offer only a one-sided perspective – that of the
writer. No matter how articulate we may be at crafting a message, we can’t interpret how the reader will
receive / perceive our communication.
This becomes more complex when interacting with people least like us and when dealing with information
more technical in nature. By connecting live on the phone or via a video meeting, the opportunities for
misinterpretation are reduced significantly.
If there is a need to document the information in writing, then follow up your conversation with a bulleted
list summary email to ensure that everyone is in alignment.
2. 2- If you receive a message that is challenging or stirs you up, rather than responding immediately with a quick
retort, the best action is no action.
That’s correct, throttle back with INACTION.
It’s crucial to pay attention to those initial agitations because they can indicate warning signs. When they
come, step back and walk away – even if it means shutting your Outlook down for five or ten minutes.
Revisit the message later with a different lens. Perhaps it’s the author’s writing style? Or perhaps you were
rushed in the way you read it the first time? Or tired? Or hungry?
If you find that the message is still difficult, then requests a phone call with the person. You will never
overcome any dispute in a back-and-forth email exchange.
In fact, you will both lose ground and make it worse instead…
3- When you listen to respond, rather than listening to understand it leads to a one-sided, unauthentic
conversation.
Several decades ago, I was taught the LAER methodical process that, when incorporated into conversations,
allows you to remain more engaged and present. Additionally, it’s an excellent strategy to implement if you
are challenged with quick thinking responses as it buys you some time to devise the appropriate answer to
the question being asked.
LAER is defined as:
Listen – You can’t help someone if you can’t hear them.
You’ve been around those people; you know the ones.
They want to be so helpful that they finish your sentences and are sure that they have an answer before you
have even finished your question. Assumptions can be made when you’re too quick to respond; thus, your
response seldom contains the applicable solution to their problem AND they are left frustrated with, and
anxious from, their interaction with you.
Instead…
Acknowledge – Truly let what they are saying sink in.
Pay attention intently to not only what is coming out of their mouths, but also to their body language and /
or voice inflections as they are saying it. These aspects further define the story.
Once they are finished and only when they are finished (don’t finish for them)…
Explore – This is your chance to dig deeper into the intent of their challenge.
Get curious and ask pointed questions; find ways to delve into their question in a way they may not have
even thought about. (By doing this, you become a problem finder, as well as a problem solver.) Note: It is
completely acceptable to restate their question as you heard it in case they would like to clarify it further.
And then, and only then…
3. Respond – By utilizing LAER, you have time to develop your response and ensure that it is tailored to your
inquirer.
They will feel special and “heard” because you aren’t providing a canned, boilerplate solution to their
problem. One added touch is to always check back in to ensure that you have effectively covered the topic
after you respond to their question(s).
4- When trying to achieve anything, it is imperative that you get to the relationship before you get to the ask.
So, what do I mean by that? If you don’t have the credibility, character, composure, reliability, etc. of your
recipients, then you will continue to be ineffective in your ability to influence them. In other words, your
relationships will continue to feel transactional.
These simple strategies will help you to overcome the common denominator in any challenging situation – a
breakdown in communication!
In the second part of this article, we will discuss the impacts of Covid bad habits on our next generation
communications. Stay tuned.
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Multi-Generational Communication Strategies
As pandemic time is elapsing, I am witnessing common threads between healthy organizations with happy employee
relationships as opposed to those who are struggling.
The way we work has morphed, yet I’m finding that people still want / need to see people. This is even more so for
our next generation employees who are seeking mentorship and coaching since they haven’t received much of
either these past few years.
The largest hurdle that many older individuals are guilty of (present company included) includes a communication
style that relays terms, activities, and even pop culture references that exclude younger people.
For me, like many, this is not intentional. Quite actually, I forget my age and that my exposure / experience of things
may be derived from moments several decades ago. (I have the memory of an elephant. My collection of idioms or
other resources could be recalled from last month, or it could be from 1979, and everything in between!)
Here’s a story from when I first experienced a hint of generational divide in my conversation:
Several years ago, my husband and I attended the 60th birthday celebration of a former colleague of mine. “Joe” and
I had worked closely with one another for many years, so I had heard many great proud father stories about his
daughters.
At his party, I had the opportunity to meet them in person for the first time. They were in their late twenties by then.
Each was well on her way to a thriving career in her respective career. One was also accompanied by her fiancé.
My husband was engaging and funny (as usual) in our conversation with all three of them. Somehow the
conversation took us to doomsday prepping. (I’m not sure how; we do live in Texas, though!)
4. I jokingly interjected that “meanwhile, back at the ranch…” That’s when I was stopped before I could continue my
story.
The young man interrupted: “You have a ranch?!?”
I looked at him strangely and I said, “Uh, no.”
I was about to continue but then thought about it and tried to explain that that reference was a saying. None of the
other members of our group had heard of it except for my husband and me.
Of course, we then Googled it to find its source. (For those who are curious, that idiom is derived from the silent
movie days. Here’s a more detailed explanation:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/meanwhile%2C+back+at+the+ranch.)
In summary, it was a major wake up call for me. I now try to become far more aware of the nostalgic references that
I make in my conversations.
By the way, it works both ways.
Concurrently, each younger generation has its own language and trends that are different as well. Even the most
self-proclaimed, older hipsters are only so in their own minds. Just ask their kids or younger folks around them!
Much like we discussed in Part One of this series, we all need to deploy strategies that individualize and customize
our messages to our audiences, knowing that it’s never one size fits all. There must be an empathy and appreciation
of diversity, experience, education, background, etc. to be successful.
Will we always get it right when aiming towards multi-generational communications? No way.
However, if we AIM (i.e., are Accountable, Intentional, and have Measurable outcomes) with positive intent and self-
awareness, then we will have a greater chance of achieving long, deep, and lasting relationships.
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learning to work with a multi-generational workforce and stay on top of your professional relationships. Our core
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