Meet to provide an overview of the concepts of interdependence including: * Summarize and review Independence (habits 1-3) vs. Interdependence (habits 4-6) * Focus on the interactions between team members: * Hidden Agendas (and how they damage trust and affect goals and priorities) * Defending/loyalty to the Absent (and how it builds trust) * Respecting everyone's role and the importance of avoiding words and ideas like "key", "subordinate", etc. * Emphasize that leadership is a '''service''' role. Leaders are there to facilitate and encourage, not to dictate. * Discuss how the habits of interdependence are all about building relationships and the trust that makes teams effective and successful. Habit 4 (think win-win or no deal): Start with an email asking them to review: * https://toughnickel.com/business/The-Seven-Habits-A-Practical-Summary-Habit-4-Win-Win Follow up with a meeting: * Zero-sum vs. abundance mentality and how it affects relationships/trust (and it's relation to thinking win-win or no deal) * The difference between win-win and compromise * Review examples of cases where you have used win-win or no deal An example from my own experience: a neighbor was upset with another neighbor for having a car up on blocks for an extended period and asked what legal options they could use to force them to get rid of it. This is an example of zero-sum thinking: I get my way or he gets his way; someone wins, someone loses. Better approach: seek first to understand: why is the car up on blocks? No money to fix? Injured and can't fix, Consider a win-win or no deal approach: * You noticed their car has been out of commission, would they like help fixing it? * If car is dead, take up a collection from other neighbors who would like it gone...10 neighbors *$25 each = $250 for the car? Purchase and donate it to a charity (many will take a junk car) * Discuss the importance of making this a habit - it's something you have to force yourself to do until it becomes habit. * Ask students to think about cases where they've used zero-sum thinking and how they might have approached it as win-win Send students an email asking them to prepare for a discussion on habit 5 (seeking first to understand, then be understood). * http://www.behavior-change.net/covey-5-seek-first-to-understand-then-to-be-understood/