7 Habits of Statesville Middle Habit 6 Synergy

7 Habits of Statesville Middle Habit 6: Synergy Kathy Walker Instructional Facilitator, EIMS

Learning Targets Synergize • Create an environment of innovative problem solving through valuing diverse perspectives • Value and celebrate the differences • Practice creative cooperation

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Habit 6—Principle Paradigm The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Result Habit 6 Synergize Behavior

Habit 6—Paradigms Ineffective: It’s either your way or my way, or a compromise. Effective: Together we can create a better way, a higher way. Habit 6 Synergize

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Getting to Synergy Habit 6 Synergize

Getting to Synergy Action Plan Define the Problem or Opportunity Their Way (Seek first to understand the ideas of others. ) My Way (Seek to be understood by sharing your ideas. ) Brainstorm (Create new opinions and ideas. ) High Way (Find the best solution. )

1. Check Willingness “Would you be willing to search for a solution that is better than what either of us has in mind? ” Habit 6 Synergize

2. Reflect Viewpoints “Would you agree to a simple ground rule: I can’t make my point until I restate yours to your satisfaction; you can’t make your point until you restate mine to my satisfaction? ” Habit 6 Synergize

3. Create New Ideas Once you’ve achieved mutual understanding, propose and refine alternatives. Keep refining and creating until you reach a Third Alternative. Habit 6 Synergize

How Do You Know? You’ve created a Third Alternative when you both: • Have a change of heart. • Feel new energy and excitement. • See things in a new way. • Feel the relationship has transformed. • End up with an idea that is better than what either of you started with. Habit 6 Synergize

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