7 HABITS OF EFFECTIVE PEOPLE IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

 

        7 HABITS OF EFFECTIVE PEOPLE IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

            Stephen R. Covey's "7 Habits of Effective People" is among the best books for looking at people from the outside, developing, planning and managing both themselves and their business strategies. This book should be read especially in the business world, where we emphasize the importance of human relations. Every individual has a purpose and we strive to achieve all goals for that purpose. We make mistakes. This book shows us that we are making mistakes or overlooking something.

        To strategically manage problems, we must start change from ourselves. We must change our paradigms - our perception, understanding, and system of thinking. That's why we need to draw our road map correctly. In this respect, we must define ourselves well and be honest with ourselves. As a result, great changes begin in man. We must determine our own truths, principles and values ​​and continue loyally to them. It needs learning for human development. He must learn his shortcomings and correct his mistakes. After that, thoughts turn into action, activities into habits, habits into life.

1. FIRST HABIT  "BE PROACTIVE"!

        Our ability to think about our own mental process is our self-consciousness. Our self-consciousness affects not only our attitudes and behavior, but also the way we view others. The basic nature of humanity becomes our map. People learn from the experiences of others through their self-consciousness. In fact, he gives up what he's used to and adopts new habits. Many studies show that we cannot do this ourselves as a result of conditioning. We call it a social mirror for people around you to reflect their worries as if they were your fault or you.

If we look at the social mirror under 3 headings:

1) Genetics

2) Spiritual

3) Environmental

        We've all heard of action and reaction, the freedom to choose them is entirely up to the person. Our human abilities take us out of the world of animals and other beings. Self-awareness, imagination, and free will. We can plan what we want to achieve, our goals because we have imagination. We can be whatever we want. We have a conscience blended with the awareness of our principles, values, and self-consciousness that we use to distinguish between right and wrong. We have free will that allows us to make decisions.

     We have to use them. We are beings who can think. Yes, everything has a limit, but we define these limits in our inner world, no other factors.

      People are more responsible for taking initiative in their own lives. Human beings are proactive by nature. However, if our lives depend on conditioning and circumstances, we surrender our control to other factors with a conscious decision or as a result of negligence. With this choice we become reactive. So imagine a bomb, and the explosion mechanism is reactive in someone else's hand, connected to it. But imagine a volcano boiling as much as it needs and not asking anyone for permission when it reaches the required level, and its eruption is proactive.

 Reactive person: Under the influence of the environment.

 Proactive person: Affects their environment.

2. SECOND HABIT  "START THINKING THE END!"

                Imagine you're an automotive engineer and building an F1 car. I start with the F1 car because it is the most special and difficult of all the ground cars. First you need to do many calculations. First of all, you make the drawings and installation of this vehicle you want to make. This is necessary in order to accurately identify shortcomings and try to simulate them. If you start without doing this simulation, you will stay in the garage even before the qualifying round. Before you start this race, you do a simulation. So you start by thinking about the end. You must show the same performance against the events that make up your life. You should think ahead and make plans for the events you will encounter. One of the cornerstones of being truly effective is the technique of enacting events that may happen before they happen. Build everything twice. Observe, create and act on events in your mind before physically moving into creation. Do you act according to your policies? In this way, you can analyze yourself and reach your facts. After a while, when you make a habit of this behavior, you will move within the domain and expand your domain. Otherwise, the race is over before it starts and you may feel embarrassed.

                   As we re-create ourselves, we need to define well what we want, our goals and values. We can start by writing our own mission. By setting our own rules. We should put the rules you create at our center instead of those around us. Thus, we become a free individual free from external dependence. In our own free country, you must have your own laws, what your mother or friends say should not be about the way we live our lives.

          If we have decided to do something or not, if we questioned why, it shows us what is happening at our center. One of the unanswerable questions from past to present is what life means. What does life mean? This is not the real question. The real question is: what is your meaning? Every person answers this question with the responsibilities he takes in his own life. To find the answer to this question, we must seriously decide what is most important to us, what we want to do and how we want to be. This is the boundaries we draw ourselves.

3. THIRD HABIT "GİVE PRİORİTY TO IMPORTANT JOBS!"

             Management and leadership have completely different characteristics. First of all, people must lead themselves. If we can manage ourselves, we can show our ability to grow and not let the factors that affect us rule us. We were guiding ourselves in Habit 1 and 2. 3. We learn to manage ourselves in a habit. Being a disciplined individual doesn't mean we can manage yourself. More precisely, if we can manage yourself, discipline must come from within. You need to have willpower and integrity to subordinate your emotions, environmental factors, stimuli. You can achieve this by practicing Habits 1 and 2.

                We will start our planning by giving priority to important works. Most of us get stuck with trivial tasks or don't understand how life is going when trying to fulfill urgent tasks. We need to be aware of the present moment. When we act with our personal integrity, we can be aware of the moment we are in and use and manage it efficiently.

               Time management is very important. The first part of the time management matrix constitutes both urgent and important tasks. This episode is often affected by environmental factors. Crises, problems waiting to be solved, projects that need to be completed in a short time are included in this section. This episode puts pressure on us and makes us feel exhausted while causing too much stress. As long as we pay attention to this first frame, we feel like we're drifting every day. We drown in them and move ourselves elsewhere. This is the fourth frame. This episode is a fun part, but it won't do us any good. Most of those who spend time in the fourth frame are irresponsible. Very reactive people. The third frame, the important work that is not urgent, requires more initiative and more proactivity. For this, we must adopt and apply the 2nd Habit. The second square is the brain of personal management. It deals with important matters, not urgent issues. This includes establishing personal relationships, preparations, long-term planning and mission statement. We see it as work that we do not have to handle because it is not urgent, and the work done in this framework is easily carried to the first frame and allows us to get stuck in the elevator.

            This second part consists of vision, balance, discipline, control and a small number of crises. Starting from this principle-centered business allows you to easily handle important and urgent tasks in the first area. The first square is about problems, and the second is about opportunities. Effective people pursue opportunities rather than preoccupy their minds with problems. If you don't want your life to turn into a quagmire, create your own time management matrix and spend more time on square two. This is the road to success.

4. FOURTH HABİT "THINK TO WIN / WIN"

                If you want to change, you have to give it your due. Unless change takes root, it remains only an innovation and, like any innovation, is doomed to wear out. This is exactly why we will learn to realize personal and corporate Nirvana in different ways. Regardless of your position in any company, you'll have a leadership role as you move from the level of independence to the level of interdependence.

                 Win-Win is not just a thought or thought. It forms the philosophy of human relations where there is no conflict of interest. The win-win philosophy is not just a business philosophy, it is a philosophy that covers all areas of our lives. It is based on mutual feeling, thought and cooperation. Mutual thinking and respect form the basis of win-win thinking. If you are respectful of your own principles and values, you will have no difficulty adopting the win-win idea.

                    There are also alternatives to the win-win idea. Win-lose thinking is a one-sided way of thinking. This thought tells us that if I win, he will lose. Understanding that I have wishes but yours won't be. In daily life, we often encounter the idea of ​​winning / losing. People with a win / lose mindset often take advantage of their location, property, or personality to invest in what they want.

              People who adopt a lose-win mentality do not have a life of their own. Reactive individuals are good people with no life expectancy, no vision, easily persuaded, and easily satisfied. They cannot think of anything other than liking or being accepted. People who think to lose / win are doomed to lose. People with a win-lose mindset always use people with a win-lose mindset. People with Lose / Lose thoughts have enemies in their thought centers. Revenge is always a phenomenon that occurs when two people engaged in ego warfare come together. These people want the other person to lose at all costs, and since they build their lives on it, their ends go around with leashes in other people's hands.

            The idea of ​​a boiler is something that is considered selfish. Others think about what to do and focus only on their own interests. If personal integrity cannot be achieved, the idea of ​​win-win cannot go beyond being an abstract concept. Without defining and internalizing your own principles and values, you cannot establish a Win-Win relationship with the counterparty you will agree on. Because to build a win-win relationship, you need to understand the other party's wants, needs, and concerns. So you have to empathize.

5.FİFTH HABIT "FİRST TRY TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TRY TO BE UNDERSTOOD"

                 All living things are social beings. Being social depends on communication. Communication is a basic need. If we communicate effectively, we begin to connect with other living things. In this step, we turn the arrows to ourselves, as we do in every step. We must first understand the creature we encounter, then understand, and then try to make sense. Communication is mutual. As long as you keep looking with your own glasses, you will not be able to establish a healthy relationship with the other party. Communication is a reciprocal action. Communication is at the heart of the problems you experience at work, in your family or with your friends. If you cannot establish the right communication channel with people, you will eliminate the possibility of knowing and understanding the other person. It is very important to understand. To get to know the other person, you must first understand them in order to communicate with them. Even if the other person doesn't think that way, try to understand him. One of the requirements of trying to understand is to be thoughtful.

             Fifth habit is the center of your domain. When it comes to interdependence, you come into contact with many factors: "The problems, conflicts, circumstances and behaviors of others." If you focus your energy on these, you lose your chances of getting positive results. Trying to understand is something that is under your control. As you focus on your domain, you gain a deep understanding of others. In order to work effectively with people, you allocate their space to them, and this creates an atmosphere of trust. So the result will be positive.

               The healthy relationships provided by the inside-out approach meet our need for understanding. You may be affected because you are really listening. As your domain begins to expand, you increase your ability to influence many things. You can establish deep bonds in your relationships, generate creative solutions and offer alternatives. Our differences begin to allow us to break down the walls in front of communication, rather than block communication.

6. SIXTH HABIT "CREATE SYNERGY!"

                 Synergy creates a range of new options to tackle the challenges, dangers and uncertainties we face throughout our lives. Synergy is not a single element. It is a product of all the elements working in a perfect order. This is because all items are still larger than their parts. The relationship of the parts to each other means that they are part of the whole, not just a relationship. It is possible to see synergy in all areas of our lives. The main element of synergy is that it values ​​and supports differences. Strengths are supported while weaknesses are compensated and repaired. This allows us to reveal innovations and creative realities. Wanting to learn and teach means that all theories form a team play and come into perfect order.

               By not focusing on the negative aspects of others, if you see their positive aspects and use them to improve your views, you can improve your synergy space. Just because others think differently from you doesn't mean they're wrong. It just shows that this is an alternative way of thinking. Trying to understand the thoughts of others, while respecting our own, contributes to the meaning of our own thoughts, even if we do not approve, and lays the foundations for our own harmony.

  7. SEVENTH HABIT  'EVEN AN AX'

          Renewal is not a single-field phenomenon. It contains everything that is about us in the universe we create. The only thing we have in life is ourselves. Investments made in ourselves will never go to waste. Sharpening the ax means regeneration. If we try to cut down the tree without sharpening the ax, it takes a lot of time and effort. If we sharpen the ax and try to get our job done, we can spend time in other areas as we won't put in too much effort.

     Sharpening the ax is not a one-field term. We must also develop ourselves emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. In fact, they are all parts of a whole and move in a chain.

        Spiritual renewal allows us to take control of every moment of our lives. The spiritual dimension creates your essence. It allows you to gain a deep understanding of what your value center is and to stay true to your values. It allows you not to get away from yourself while achieving your goals in life. You have to give yourself time for spiritual regeneration.

               In the spiritual dimension, understanding your own center, values ​​and all the elements that make up your essence allows you to walk firmly on the path established with solid foundations rather than taking your steps into the void. the way that creates your life. To rejuvenate yourself spiritually, you need to be able to listen to yourself and understand yourself by moving away from your circumstances, most importantly from yourself.

                The social / emotional dimension is a section that helps you to be in harmony with your environment, to be an effective leader and to provide creative cooperation. Our social life is all about our emotional dimension. If you communicate that will improve your environment, transcend yourself and move to a different dimension, we can achieve this by building a relationship of mutual trust by thinking about the win-win philosophy before trying to be understood and trying to understand the other. . The source of our security is within ourselves. Always sharing our knowledge will take us further. You will find that when you establish a Win-Win relationship with your environment, your back will never fall to the ground. If you want to leave a mark, do your best by communicating clearly and clearly with your environment. Being supportive and touching the lives of others will also improve you. Because you are not left proactively alone and you can realize and improve yourself forever.

REFERENCES

Covey, Stephen R. ‘’ Etkili İnsanların Yedi Alışkanlığı’’. İstanbul: Varlık Yayınları, 2020.