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Habits of Highly Effective Healthcare Professionals

Workshop Leader: Dari AlHuwail, MSc. Date: 29 May 2011

Effective people are not problem-minded; theyre opportunity-minded. Stephen R. Covey

Discovery Course May 19th-21st 2011

Summary
Aims:
Introduce attendance to Stephen R. Coveys Model of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People within the context of the workplace and healthcare practice. Encourage participants to employ all the seven habits in their personal and professional lives.

Learning Outcomes:
An understanding of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Hands-on activities, discussions, and experiences-sharing in a pairs and small groups in a safe environment

Introduction
Stephen R. Covey published a #1 Bestseller Book for years and still remains a popular book and guiding a framework for personal effectiveness and success. The framework or model has been adapted to many groups of individuals and has been published under titles like: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Managers, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Kids, etc. Here we facilitate the learning and understanding of these 7 Habits for Highly Effective Healthcare Professionals to encourage participants to employ all the seven habits in their personal and professional lives.

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Overview: The 7 Habits

Public

Victory

Interdependence

Private

Victory

Independence

Dependence

Note: The above diagram is an adaptation from the 7Habits of Highly Effective Teens Book by Sean S. Covey and overviews all the seven habits in simple terms and reflected in a good example that one can relate to.

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YOU Are The Starting Point!

Performing a quick search in any popular search engine the word Change or simply looking it up a traditional dictionary, youll expect to find the following definitions: Make or become different Make or become a different substance entirely; transform Alter in terms of

Islam recognizes the importance of changes and states in the AlRaad verse of the Holy Quran:

Figure 1: Arabic text from AlRaad Verse 11 - The Holy Quran

Which translates to that Verily Allah altereth not that which is with a people until they alter that which is with themselves 1

Yusuf Ali, Abdullah . "Suraat Ara'ad." IslamiTexts. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. <www.islamitexts.org/?k=13:11&sr=1&nr=10&t=5 >

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Stephen R. Covey and many other experts and philosophers realize this and have been calling for it in their models and frameworks for change. In his framework he argues an inside-out approach to being effective and that such approach is centred on principles and character. Such approach can and may well be for many people a challenging way as it forces them to think-outside-the-box and away from their comfort-zone; it challenges them to step into a paradigm shift. A persons character is a collection of his/her habits, and habits have a powerful role in his/her life. A habit can be defined as something you do without thinking about it. While effectiveness is defined as habitually doing things that help you get great results over and over again. When breaking down what a habit really is, one realizes that it consists of knowledge, skill, and desire. Knowledge allows you to know what to do; skill gives you the ability to know how to do it; and desire is the motivation to do it. Coveys framework is a process and doesnt happen overnight! Patience and practice are key to adopting these habits and mastering them. And like any process, there are stages that the Seven Habits move us through in the following order:
Desire Knowledge Skill

Habit

Dependence

Independence

Interdependence

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Covey characterizes these stages as: 1. Dependence: the paradigm under which you were born, relying upon others to take care of you. 2. Independence: the paradigm under which you can make your own decisions and take care of yourself. 3. Interdependence: the paradigm under which you cooperate with others to achieve something that cannot be achieved independently. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Inside-Out: The Change Starts from Within

In his framework, Covey explains that the first three habits focus on self-mastery; achieving the private victories required to move from dependence to independence. These habits are: Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First

Success is a Shared Journey

Moving from independence to interdependence, you must practice habits 4, 5, and 6 that state: Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize

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Time Out!
Success comes with a price, but such price doesnt mean that one burns themselves! This is where the 7th habit plays a vital role of taking time for yourself and sharpening your self. Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Balance and moderation are key to such improvements and only then will you be an effective person.

Resources & Work Cited

"7 Habits of Highly Effective People." 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Summary. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2011. <http://www.quickmba.com/mgmt/7hab/>. Covey, Sean. The 7 habits of highly effective teens. New York: Fireside, 1998. Print. Covey, Sean. The 7 habits of highly effective teens workbook. Salt Lake City, Utah: Franklin Covey Co., 1999. Print. Covey, Stephen. The 7 habits of highly effective people. London: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Print.

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