Lecture Art of Leadership and Motivation - Lecture 17

Art of Leadership & Motivation
HRM – 760
Lecture - 17

FACILITATOR
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood


Habits of Highly Effective
Leaders-I
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Exercise
• Think of two habits you have, one good & one
bad
• Are you willing to break away from bad habits?
• If so write down three things you will do
immediately to break away from it.
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PROBLEM IS NOT A PROBLEM,
THE WAY WE SEE THE PROBLEM IS
THE REAL PROBLEM

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Paradigms
• Paradigms are frames of

reference
‘we see the world not as it
is but as we are,- or
sometimes as we are
conditioned to see.
• Our paradigms, correct or
incorrect, are the sources
of our attitudes behaviors
& ultimately our
relationship with others

-STEPHEN R COVEY
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Paradigms
It’s the way we “see” the world – not in
terms of our visual sense of sight, but in
terms of perceiving, understanding and
interpreting.

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Principles of Growth and
Change
A child learns to sit up, to crawl and then to
walk and run. Each step is important and each
one takes time. No step can be skipped.

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A New Level of Thinking

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the
same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
–Albert Einstein.
We need a new level, a deeper level of thinking

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Habits
 Our character is a collection of our habits , and
habits have a powerful role in our lives.
 Habits consists of knowledge , skills and desire.
Knowledge allows us to 
know what to do
Desire is the motivation 
to do it

Skills gives us the ability 
to know how to do it
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Habits
Knowledge
(what to, why to)

Skills
(how to)

Desire
(Want to)

We are always conditioned
by the gripping power of habits10


7 Habits
The 7 habits moves us through the following stages:
 Dependence: The paradigm under which we are born ,
relying upon others to take care of us.
 Independence: The paradigm under which we can
make our own decisions and take care of ourselves.
 Interdependence: The paradigm under which we cooperate to achieve something that cannot be achieved
independently.
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7 Habits
The  7  Habits  Effectiveness  Process  provides  the  foundation 
necessary to foster change and improvement at the:
Personal, 
Interpersonal, 
Managerial, and 
Organizational Levels.

 
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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

Increased overall effectiveness; 

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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

Strengthened relationships at all levels; 

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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

A heightened ability to cope with change; 

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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

Reduced turnover rates through an increase in the ability of 
employees to see the "big picture" and commit to the organization's 
strategy and vision;  

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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

Improved quality through greater collaboration of cohesive work 
teams; 

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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

Better client relations and enhanced customer loyalty; 

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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

Fewer misunderstandings, which result in the loss of time and 
money; 

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The 7 Habits Can Help Organizations Experience:

Improved innovation, decision­making, and problem­solving   

capabilities by improving skills of cooperation. 

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FACILITATOR
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood 

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