College Student Leadership Conference February 18, 2006

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College Student Leadership ConferenceFebruary
18, 2006
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Leadership And Management

• Managers do things right, leaders do the right
  thing. -Peter Drucker
• If you want to become an effective leader, begin
  by learning to manage yourself. Pat Burns

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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

• Be Proactive
• Begin With The End In Mind
• Put First Things First
• Think Win-Win
• Seek First To Understand, Then Be Understood
• Synergize
• Sharpen The Saw

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Leadership From The Inside Out

• Leadership is not so much about technique and
  methods as it is about opening the heart.
  Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a
  human activity that comes from the heart and
  considers the hearts of others. It is an
  attitude, not a routine. -Lance Secretan
• Good leaders develop through a never-ending
  process of self-study, education, training, and
  experience. -Anonymous
• The path to effective leadership then, is an
  inside-out process. The private victory precedes
  the public victory. -Stephen Covey

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Habit 1 Be Proactive

• Underlying Principle Individuals are
  responsible for their own choices and have the
  freedom to choose.
• Key Paradigm I am responsible for my behavior
  and the choices I make in life.

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Habit 1 Be Proactive

• Characteristics of a Proactive Person
• Respond according to their values
• S -gt R or S -gt freedom to chose -gt R
• Accept responsibility for their own behavior. We
  make choices according to our values, purposes,
  and vision.
• Focus on their Circle of Influence

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Habit 1 Be Proactive
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Habit 1 Be Proactive

• Proactive
• I choose to go.
• I control my own feelings.
• Lets explore alternatives.

• Reactive
• I have to go.
• He makes me so mad.
• Theres nothing I can do.

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Habit 2 Begin With The End In Mind

• Underlying Principle Mental creation precedes
  physical creation.
• Key Paradigm I can choose my own future and
  create a vision of it.
• I will create results mentally before
  beginning any activity.

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Habit 2 Begin With The End In Mind

• Habit 1 says you are the programmer
• Habit 2 says write the program
• Mission Statement A powerful document that
  expresses your personal sense of purpose and
  meaning in life. It acts as a governing
  constitution by which you evaluate decisions and
  choose behaviors.

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Sample Mission Statement

• To live my life with personal integrity. To
  harbor a passion for ideas and compassion for
  people. To actively seek a healthy balance in
  the physical, mental, spiritual and social
  domains. To pursue excellence as a standard. To
  meet with triumph and disaster and treat those
  two imposters the same. To serve my family as the
  steward of assets and legacy, of momentum and
  effectiveness, of civility and values.

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Habit 3 Put First Things FirstThings which
matter most must never be at the mercy of things
which matter least.

• Underlying Principle Effectiveness requires
  balancing important relationships, roles, and
  activities.
• Key Paradigm I will focus on importance
  instead of urgency.
• I will fulfill my mission by acting on
  important goals in my life.

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Habit 3 Put First Things First

• 1 You are the programmer
• 2 You write the program
• 3 You run the program.
• The key is not to prioritize your schedule but to
  schedule your priorities.

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Habit 3 Put First Things First

• What are the first things in your life? First
  things are those things that you, personally,
  find most worth doing. They move you in the
  right direction. They help you achieve the
  principle-centered purpose expressed in your
  mission statement.