When I began my research, I was positive that Leader in Me taught moral principles. As a result, students better lead themselves and begin to naturally lead others as well. Therefore, the habits primarily teach competence or performance-improvement skills, which cause students’ learning and behavior to improve.
Two of the principles-helpfulness and politeness-are ethical principles. Ethics are appropriate behavior and they guide our interactions with one another or our behavior toward one another (Kaur, 2015).įive of the seven principles-responsibility, ambitiousness, self-control, independence, and respect-are competence skills. Ethical principles pertain to a person’s interpersonal relationships (Rokeach, 1973).
Helpfulness and politeness are ethical principles. Competencies are behaviors that improve an individual’s performance (Sparrow, 1997). Competence principles are those skills related to the individuals themselves (Rokeach, 1973). Responsibility, ambitiousness, self-control, independence, and respect reflect an individual’s competence. My research indicates that there are seven skills most associated with the 7 Habits: responsibility, helpfulness, ambitiousness, self-control, respect, independence, and politeness. Using Milton Rokeach’s (1973) 18 Instrumental Values and the 7 Habits, I asked interview participants to connect the skills they noticed students exhibiting after learning the habits. I interviewed teachers, staff, administrators, and parents. Interpersonal Skills and The 7 Habitsįor my research, I chose a primary-education school in the Midwest. I decided to research which skills Leader in Me teaches for my dissertation. The more I learned about principles, the more I thought the Leader in Me process was impactful because of the skills it taught to students. Thus, our principles impact our behavior and, ultimately, our character. If we believe honesty is important, it is reflected in our outward character because we do not lie. Our inner principles are a reflection of what we believe is important. As I pondered this new reality of grocery shopping with a self-controlled three-year-old, I began to wonder what would happen if public schools taught these principles to all students. “My son’s school is teaching him self-control.” I was elated that my son was hearing the same message at home and school about self-control (aka use your words instead of temper tantrums to express your emotions). (I suppose this was due to the approaching Halloween holiday.) The note read, in part, “We are teaching your child that there are no inappropriate emotions, only inappropriate behaviors.” “How wonderful,” I thought. Three years ago, when my son was in his first year of preschool, I received a note from his preschool teacher. Leader in Me Skills: Research into the Seven Principles Most Associated with the 7 Habits.
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