1. Sean Covey Helping Find the Leader in Everyone By Michelle Neal Photo courtesy of Paul Zoeller

2. Biography – Personal O Born September 17, 1964 in Belfast, Ireland O Raised in Provo, Utah but also lived in South Africa and several other American cities O Attended Brigham Young University (BYU) O Starting BYU quarterback 1987 & 1988 seasons (injury ended football career), lead his team to two bowl games and selected twice as the ESPN Most Valuable Player O Graduated with Honors from BYU with a degree in English O Graduated with an MBA from Harvard School of Business O Married to Rebecca Thatcher and has five children

3. Biography – Professional O Former employers include: Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, Trammell Crow Ventures and the Walt Disney Company O Currently the Senior Vice-president of Innovations and Products at Franklin Covey O Author of over a dozen inspirational books for children and teens

4. Covey Habits O Life in the real world can be difficult O There are real problems that must be dealt with O Get in the Habit O If they do not make you O They can break you

5. Covey Habits O Habits are grouped by how they affect us. O To develop a Private Victory O Follow and Use Habits #1 – 3 O To develop a Public Victory O Follow and Use Habits #4 – 6 O To be effective long term the key is Renewal O Habit #7

6. O Habit #1 – Be Proactive O Take responsibility for yourself O Do not blame others for decisions and actions that only belong to you O Habit #2 – Begin with the End in Mind O Define your mission and goals O Decide where you want to be and when then make a plan of action on how to get there O Habit #3 – Put First Things First O Prioritize, and do the most important things first O Decide what must be done now and get it done before you waste time on something else Private Victory

7. Public Victory O Habit #4 – Think Win-Win O Have an everyone-can-win attitude O Find ways for everyone involved to come out on top O Habit #5 – Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood O Listen to people sincerely O Habit #6 – Synergize O Work together to achieve more O Do not act as if you are the only one capable of

8. Renew O Habit #7 – Sharpen the Saw O Renew yourself regularly O Find time on a regular basis to take care of your personal well being

9. Leader In Me™ O The habits are characteristics that happy and successful teens all over the world have in common O They do not belong only to teens and can be applied to anyone O Will you get in the Habit? O http://youtu.be/sYDCJR_ApEQ?hd=1 http://youtu.be/sYDCJR_ApEQ?hd=1

10. References O Information contained in this presentation was obtained from the following sources. O Bolin, Jannah. (2012). Jannah Bolin sings the 7 habits (Video). Bowling Green, KY. O Covey, Sean (1998). The 7 habits of highly effective teens. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc. O Covey, Sean (2008). The 7 habits of happy kids. New York, NY: Simon & Shuster, Inc. O Covey, Sean. (2009). Sean Covey Biography. Retrieved from http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/421/sean-covey http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/421/sean-covey O Franklin Covey. (2012). The Leader in Me™. Retrieved from http://www.theleaderinme.org/http://www.theleaderinme.org/ O Rogenmoser, Stefan (2010). Covey makes ‘7 Habits’ easy for kids. The Summerville Journal Scene. Retrieved from http://www.journalscene.com/news/Covey-makes--7-Habits--easy-for-kids