Leadership Greatness Summit Take-aways
I was reminded of several facets of working with people that are important to me, however. And, every consultant has his or her own special way of highlighting these principals. Stephen Covey is an internationally renowned pro, so I enjoyed observing his process and his method of interacting with the group, too. I was also impressed with the caliber of the people who helped him onsite. Probably fourteen FranklinCovey staff members were onsite helping with the seminar and product sales.
My favorite take-aways from the day, other than enjoying the time spent with TechSmith staff at the seminar, were these: I am a teacher and a learner; these have been my life missions no matter what job I have held or in what consulting practice I have been engaged. So, Covey's take on why to teach what you learn is important. In teaching, you:
- Learn better yourself,
- Become motivated to live the information,
- Increase your ability to listen within another individual's frame of reference (empathic listening),
- Legitimize change, and
- Bond with the audience.
Leadership is communicating people's worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.
Organizations have six cancers: criticizing, comparing, complaining, competing, contending, and cynicism.
Finally, the four most chronic problems organizations experience are:
- No clear purpose or vision,
- Underutilized talents and potential,
- Bureaucratic, misaligned systems, and
- Low trust.
More About Leadership
- Secrets of Leadership Success.
- Leadership Values and Ethics: Secrets of Leadership Success
- Lead the Team: How to be the Person Others Follow. (Covey spoke of servant-leadership.)
- Leadership Vision.
Comments
This sounded great. Where did you attend this? Where is the next one held?
“servant leadership”? “secular seminar”? Not very PC, particularly in today’s HR world.
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In my experience the approach of having a clearly established goal with well defined action steps works very well when there is clear accountability for the action steps and timely measurement of performance.
From the first time I read about Mr. Coveys’s teachings I was changed. I have used his methods in communicating with my sons, family and co-workers. The common principles he has packaged make so much sense. I was so taken by his works that I have become a Franklin-Covey facilitator so I can train my co-workers.
I have seen Mr. Covey speak a few times and every time I take in something new and exciting. Hope you enjoyed Lansing. I wanted to see Mr. Covey again, but due to financial situation here at the State I was unable to go.
Great site with valuable information. Thanks for sharing. J
In my former life as a teacher I was required to create a leadership subject for students. If this material had been around a few years ago I would have saved so much time. This is on target. Brilliant. Thanks
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