Find Greatness By Helping Others Find Theirs by Sharon Kozak

As I read over the 56th Fighter Wing’s fiscal 2017 strategic plan, I came to understand there are few things more important to success than a clear vision of what needs to be accomplished. The overview of “The 8th Habit from Effectiveness to Greatness,” by Stephen Covey, provided me the fundamentals necessary for aligning that vision with the Comprehensive Airmen Fitness philosophy of helping others to do the same.

​Covey takes us from his groundbreaking lessons in personal change in “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” to greatness in finding your voice and inspiring others to find theirs in “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness.” In this book he talks about the 21st century as the age of the knowledge worker (a person whose job involves handling or using information) and how organizations from top down and bottom up need to change their 20th century paradigm of the Industrial Age, and tap into what he calls the “whole person” in order to succeed and thrive.

The whole person
The whole person concept involves the body, mind, heart and spirit. In the Industrial Age companies and organizations were mainly interested in the worker’s body and mind. This was the age of making things, which required physical skills (the body) and mental skills (the mind) with very limited worker engagement or empowerment.

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