The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Foundations

OBJECTIVES:

• Adopt global and integrated behaviors of personal effectiveness (independence) and interpersonal effectiveness (interdependence).

• Integrate the foundations of personal and interpersonal leadership.

• Acquire a new way ofthinking and working with people.

• Gain effectiveness and performance to consistently achieve personal and professional goals.

• Understandhowtopromote commitmentandcollaboration.

• Provide the tools that manage to transfer to personal and teaching life the skills necessary to achieve effective relationships in the 21st century.

CONTENT:

FOUNDATIONS: Paradigms and Principles of Effectiveness

Evaluate paradigms and align with principles of effectiveness.

- Experience that a highly effective life is centered on principles.

- Integrate personal development as a continuum, from effectiveness to greatness.

HABIT 1: Be Proactive®. The habit of personal responsibility.

Achieve extraordinary results by systematically using your ingenuity and initiative to break through barriers.

- Understand the power behind the choices we make every day in our lives.

- Discover how to overcome lack of motivation and reluctance to take initiative.

- How to achieve our goals, even when the professional or personal environment seems like an impediment.

- Manage change.

- Keep commitments and take responsibility.

HABIT 2: Begin With the End in Mind®. The habit of vision.

Develop a results-oriented mindset in every activity you do projects, meetings, presentations, contributions, etc.

- Create a personal vision and goal statement as a frame of reference when clarifying values and setting goals for our lives.

- Determine how to help the team define its vision, create unity, and prevent negativity.

- Discover how to create a focused orientation within the work group.

- Focus on desired results.

HABIT 3: Put First Things First®. The habit of personal management.

Eliminate time-wasting tendencies by focusing and executing on the critically important goals with a weekly planning cadence.

- Understand how to live life deliberately by using time in such a way that the most important things take precedence over the urgent.

- Discover how to minimize having to work in crisis mode.

- Be aware of how to achieve a healthy balance between work and family life.

- Gain tools for goal setting and self-discipline.

- Manage time and stress through effective planning, differentiating between the Important and the Urgent.

HABIT 4: Think Win-Win®. The habit of mutual benefit.

Lead teams that are motivated to perform excellently through a shared process of expectations and accountability.

- Understand the paradigms of human interaction: create scenarios.

- Think about mutual benefit and cooperation as the basis for sustainable relationships.

- Establish agreements and processes based on mutual benefit and build high-trust relationships.

HABIT 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood®. The habit of empathic communication.

Create an atmosphere of rich exchange by taking the time to fully understand the issues and provide honest, accurate feedback.

- Learning to listen: the listening pyramid.

- Understanding how perceptions are formed and how they influence our 

way of thinking and making decisions.

- Learning to create solid relationships based on trust through effective 

communication skills.

- The advantages of applying empathic listening in the process of 

communication and mutual understanding.

HABIT 6: Synergize®. The habit of creative cooperation.

Demonstrate innovative problem-solving skills by looking for differences and new and better alternatives.

- Resolving situations through the “Third Alternative” process

- Leveraging diversity.

- Solving problems effectively. Valuing and celebrating differences in others.

- Building on divergent strengths.

HABIT 7: Sharpen the Saw®. The habit of daily self-renewal.

Harness the highest and best contributions of everyone on a team by unlocking the strength, passion, capability and spirit of each individual.Lograr un equilibrio personal y profesional.

- Identify activities that increase our ability to produce quality results.

- Understand the importance of continuous improvement and personal renewal.

TRAINER: Lara Darwish: 

Lara holds a PhD in Education and is a certified Business Coach, with experience in leadership development and organizational transformation. She currently serves as a Consultant, Facilitator, and Implementation Strategist at Greatness Center/FranklinCovey. In this role, she leads the design and execution of customized learning and development solutions, drawing from the organization’s global content portfolio. Her focus is on aligning strategy, leadership behaviors, and execution practices to each client’s unique context, ensuring measurable outcomes and sustainable, long-term impact across teams and organizations.