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From Effectiveness to GreatnessHabit #8
Find Your Voice Engage in work that genuinely taps your
talents and fuels your passion Doing something significant with your
career Take the path to greatness rather than
settle for mediocrity
Find Your Voice A whole person has four basic
components: A physical body A mind capable of independent thought
and analysis A heart which can feel emotion A spirit—your soul or philosophical center
Find Your Voice Each of the four components ahs a
corresponding basic need: Physical body—to live Mind—to learn Heart—to love Spirit—to leave a legacy
Find Your Voice The highest manifestation of these
capacities are: Physical body—discipline Mind—vision Heart—passion Spirit—conscience
Find Your Voice As you begin to understand, respect, and
ultimately balance these manifestations for yourself, synergy is created You become energized as you begin to
understand what you’re actually capable of achieving
When you engage in work that taps your talents and fuels your passions, and which fills the need your conscience has drawn you towards, you find your voice
Find Your Voice The human voice is unique and significant
because it lies at the intersection of your own unique: Talents—natural gifts and strengths Passion—those things that excite and enthuse
you Needs—the necessity that you earn a living by
providing what people are willing to pay for Conscience—that still, small internal voice or
compass which confirms what is right and when you’re doing it
Express Your Voice In order to express your voice more
decisively and distinctly, you need to work at building your capacities in each of these four dimensions Vision Discipline Passion conscience
Express Your Voice Vision
Being able to see a future state in your mind’s eye before it materializes in the flesh
Applied imagination Most things are created mentally before
being brought into the physical world Practice seeing the best in people and
finding it This will help bring out the best in them
Express Your Voice Discipline
Willpower Needed to actually make things happen Means to:
Accept reality Become totally immersed in the facts Move forward
Do what has to be done rather than what is easy to do
Forgo immediate pleasure in anticipation of a far greater future payoff
Express Your Voice Passion
The unrelenting drive which comes from the heart
Being motivated because you believe the best way to predict the future is to take part in shaping it
Find your purpose and role in the world When you are passionate, you don’t require
any supervision to get things done Motivation comes from within
Express Your Voice Conscience
Your moral sense of what’s right and wrong
Encourages people to sacrifice something good in order to achieve something better
Transforms passion into compassion and allows us to build relationships of trust with others
People who live by their conscience will have inner integrity and peace of mind
Express Your Voice Apply these four dimensions to any role you carry
out in your life Ask the following questions:
What need to I sense for my family, in my community, or in the organization I work for?
What talent do I possess which, if properly disciplined and applied, would meet that specific need?
Does the opportunity to meet that need tap into the things I feel most passionate about?
Does my conscience allow me to take action in this way and become intensively involved?
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Once you’ve found your own voice, the
way you can continue to increase your feelings of achievement is to help others find their voices
To inspire others means to recognize, respect, and create meaningful opportunities for others to express their voices Inspire—Latin inspirare--Breath life into
another
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Whenever you express your voice using
the four dimensions—vision, passion, discipline, and conscience—you are displaying potential leadership
Leaders must fill four roles: Modeling Pathfinding Aligning empowering
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Modeling
Set a good example Inspires trust
Pathfinding Developing strategies to move forward Creates order
Aligning Structures, processes, systems that keep everyone
on course Produces a moral authority
Empowering Focusing talents on results rather than methods
used Unleashes human potential
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Building Focus
Expanding influence Striving for personal excellence Always doing what’s right Avoiding complaining, criticizing, or being
negative Empathizing with your boss—do more than
what is expected Being constant—sticking to your principles
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Building Focus
Be Trustworthy Personal integrity—principle centered life Maturity—dealing with tough issues
compassionately An abundance mentality—win-win attitude,
gratitude Technical competence—skills and knowledge Conceptual knowledge—ability to see the big
picture Awareness—all life is interdependent
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Build Focus
Building Trust Create mutual understanding Generate an environment of integrity Practice openness Be kind and courteous Think win-win Clarify expectations Be loyal Be prepared to accept apologies Give and receive genuine feedback Be forgiving
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Build Focus
Blend other’s voices Conflict can be good Create synergy—never compromise Questions to ask:
Would you be willing to search for another alternative solution that is better than what either you have proposed or what we have proposed so far?
Would you agree to one simple ground rule while we discuss this: No one can make his or her point until they have restated the other person’s previous point to his or her satisfaction
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices Build Focus
Create a common vision Combine mission, vision, and values with a
strategic plan When people know what key goals are, they
will be accountable for achieving those goals Focus on what needs to be done
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices To Execute Better
Align goals and systems Develop informational systems Create a compensation system Have an abundance mentality Stay flexible Look constantly at world-class performers Set up a great feedback system Achieve good balance
Inspire Others to Find Their Voices To Execute Better
Empower others When people feel empowered, they need
little or no supervision Use their own initiative
Key empowerment tools: Win-win agreements Self evaluation and performance appraisal Servant leaders
Closing the Gap Between Focus and Execution Focus on the one thing that is important Create a compelling scoreboard
everyone will want to use Must be highly visible Must reflect progress toward your goal Must be updated daily
Translate goals into very specific actions Hold each other accountable for results
all the time