Based on the world renown book, this one day workshop provides practical insight, intentional activities, and targeted conversation around Covey’s now timeless habits.
A habit is defined as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire. Knowledge is understanding what to do and why to do it; skill is knowing how to do it; desire is motivation or wanting to do it. With each one of the seven habits, we will explore all four levels of leadership: personal, interpersonal, managerial and organizational.
As you work from the inside out by building your personal trustworthiness, you create trust on in interpersonal level and improve relationships. As trust is built, you can confidently empower individuals and groups within the organization to produce desired results. With empowered individuals, the organization can align its systems and structure better with the corporate mission and with strategy to meet stockholder needs. Alignment, then, contributes to greater empowerment and higher trust.
Participant Takeaways
- Learn to be proactive
- Understand the importance of beginning with the end in mind
- Strategic thinking by putting first things first
- Build relationships that collaborate thinking win – win
- Communicate in a way that you first seek to understand and then to be understood
- Collaborate and embrace diversity and synergize
- Continue learning to sharpen the saw
About Our Facilitators
Scott Smalstig is the Vice President for Development at Meridian Health Services. Scott is husband to Tara and father of three (Madison, 18; Gehrig, 17; Athena, 7) as well as the Vice President of Development for Meridian Health Services, a regional healthcare provider specializing in whole person health. Smalstig grew up in Carmel, Indiana, attended Wabash College and began his career at Eli Lilly. Smalstig lead a media sales firm (Rutter Communications) for 14 years before becoming a partner in Joseph David Advertising. He currently serves on the boards of Yorktown Junior Athletic Association (12 years), LACES (Life and Change Experienced through Sports, 10 years), the Muncie Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, and Little Red Door Cancer Agency (Muncie and Indy.
Scott’s believes in Jim Valvano’s definition of a full day…to laugh, to think, to cry. In between those things, he likes to squeeze in some writing, traveling, baseball, hiking and storytelling.
Tisha Gierhart was hired as Shafer Leadership Academy’s first Program Director in January 2014. She is primarily responsible for all activities related to the development, delivery, and assessment of leadership programs presented by Shafer Leadership Academy. In this role, she focuses on building collaborative relationships with Shafer Leadership Academy’s participants and partners. Tisha holds a degree in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University. She has worked in the healthcare field for fourteen years, where she developed her skills in leadership, project management and facilitation. Tisha is an alumnus of Shafer Leadership Academy’s Emergence program and has completed Advanced Facilitator Training. She is certified in The Leadership Challenge and has over 40 hours of certified coach training.
Class Schedule
The 7 Habits will not be offered in 2019. Click here to see the current calendar of 2019 offerings.
Please contact Mitch Isaacs, Executive Director, learn how you can bring this program to your organization.
