Synergise

Synergise

Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

This week we are looking at Covey's Habit 6: Synergise 

Ever played corporate w#@k work bingo?

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Anyone who has ever worked in management would have heard the common words used in meetings that make you sound very corporate but often don’t mean anything.

Words like ‘innovation’, ‘the big picture’ ‘customer focused’ ‘integration’.

Well, synergise is another one of those terms we always here at leadership courses, teamwork exercises etc...but what exactly is synergy?

And could synergy actually have something behind it?

Covey defines it as simply the whole be greater than the sum of the parts.

Communicating synergistically involves opening you hear and expressions to new options, new alternative and new possibilities. It leads to win/win solutions.

In order to communicate synergistically it is important to value the differences between people. A key to this is realizing that all people see the world, not as it is, but as they are. This is realizing that two people can disagree but both can be right.

This one can be hard and a bit pie in the sky. However, implemented well it is important and could be a great thing for teamwork. It could be more difficult, though.

Next week we look at the 7th and final habit