Unlock the 'leader' in your child | The Philippine Star Business Features Science and Technology
What makes a child grow to be a leader? For a child to become a leader, Covey sees the need for parental support, modeling from parents and teachers, a supportive learning environment, effective learning tools, integration with activities in school, a regular follow-through, and a progress report system.
“I am convinced that if we as a society work diligently in every other area of life and neglect the family, it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.’’ –Stephen R. Covey
Organizations also benefit from The 7 Habits for Highly Effective Families
Training in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families yields significant benefits to organizations, corporations, institutions including:
• Greater work-life balance
• Improved organizational performance
• Increased productivity and better service
• Happier employees with fewer home distractions
• Loyalty and less absenteeism and turnover
• Support for existing family-friendly policies
Benefits to individual employees and their families include:
• Improved family leadership skills
• Structure and organization at home
• Increased ability to deal with problems
• Better communication skills
• Increased nurturing and building of others
• Less stress due to better organization
• Greater work-life balance
• Improved organizational performance
• Increased productivity and better service
• Happier employees with fewer home distractions
• Loyalty and less absenteeism and turnover
• Support for existing family-friendly policies
Benefits to individual employees and their families include:
• Improved family leadership skills
• Structure and organization at home
• Increased ability to deal with problems
• Better communication skills
• Increased nurturing and building of others
• Less stress due to better organization