Chapter 6* presents Covey's Leadership Challenge: inspiring others to find their voice. Covey defines leadership as "communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves."
The difference between leadership and management is also discussed (using several common examples), but summarized as things without freedom to choose need managing and the distinction that people need leadership (their own or managing through other's leadership).
Lack of leadership can be a chronic problem (noticed through some acute pains):
- IQ - mental: no shared organizational vision or values (or management by "rules")
- EQ - emotional/social: disempowerment (apathy, boredom, fear, etc.; management by control)
- PQ - phsical/economic: misalignment (management focused on efficiency)
- SQ - spritutal: low trust (management by "the boss")
- IQ - mental: pathfinding/vision (strategy: jointly determining goals)
- EQ - emotional/social: empowering/passion (execution: focus talent on results and help as requested)
- PQ - phsical/economic: aligning/discipline (structure: manage systems to help personal leaders)
- SQ - spritutal: modeling/conscience (culture: set a good example)
This chapter presented me with two challenges: 1) to rate myself as leader and watch how I manage and 2) begin thinking of how to inspire others to recognize their own leadership ability.
I think my physical & spiritual qualities of leadership are strong (by providing structure and a positivie & supportive culture), but would like to work on empowering others to perform more in- and inter-dependently (I need to delegate better as a "manager") and include others more in the planning and goal-setting processes.
 | *from Stephen Covey's The 8th Habit: From effectiveness to greatness as part of the 8th Habit Challenge |
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