Team assignment:

Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

 

Note:   Each team has already drawn an assignment for this project, so each student should already be aware of the Habit that his or her team has been assigned. 

 

Time frame of presentation: 

15- 20 minutes, with 5 minutes of question and answer at the end.  Make sure to pay attention to the dynamics and style of your presentation.  E.g., build in a dynamic opening, and close to your presentation, and make sure that EACH MEMBER of your team presents.  It’s always a good idea to hand in your meeting minutes leading up to the presentation too. 

 

To hand in to me:

·        A series of “notes pages” from POWERPOINT slides, or, a complete script.

·        An accompanying memo describing your teams’ most central discoveries.

To do:

 

  1. Read the book material/s that have been assigned to you… e.g., the book materials including and leading up to the Habit that your team has been assigned to discuss. 
    1. After you do so, take some time to reflect on what it means. 
    2. Go over the pros and cons of this approach in your mind, and then discuss these with your teammates.

 

  1. Prepare a BRIEF 5 minute summary of the material, and its key lessons.  DO NOT spend too much time on this review component. 
    1. Build this into your presentation.

 

  1. Discuss, in detail, the ways in which this material can serve you.  That is, interpret this material in a way that makes it real for you, and that affects you on the level of action.  Be specific, and cite ways in which you have ignored this habit of effectiveness in the past, to your detriment.
    1. HOW can you USE this material, specifically, in your future? 
    2. How have others used this perspective in the past? 
    3. Or, how have others who have NOT paid attention to this habit of effectiveness suffered?
    4. Build the results of this reflection into your presentation.  Each person on the team need NOT speak on this issue, but, rather, one person may wish to report the collective results of this reflective process for the entire team.

 

  1. Interview a professional person you know and tell them about this habit of effectiveness, using the brief summary you prepared in step (1), above. 
    1. Ask them to respond to this lesson of effectiveness, and to make observations about its accuracy.
    2. Ask them about successful people they’ve met, and whether or not they have displayed this habit of effectiveness.
    3. Ask them to tell you about an even MORE important habit of personal and professional effectiveness that they perceive to be important.
    4. Build these remarks into your presentation, along with a clear description of who this person is, and their relationship to you.