📘 Course Description 

This course explores Habit 5 from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood. At its core, this habit emphasizes empathetic listening and meaningful communication. Participants will learn how to shift from reactive responses to intentional listening, creating deeper trust and authentic collaboration. Rooted in Equanimity Learning’s philosophy of 1% daily improvement, this course invites educators and leaders to cultivate patience, awareness, and presence, ensuring that every interaction fosters connection, clarity, and positive influence in classrooms, staffrooms, and leadership spaces.

🔑 Key Highlights

• Develop the skill of empathetic listening.
• Learn to build trust through authentic communication.
• Practice strategies to balance understanding with being understood.
• Apply the principle of patience and presence in everyday school life.

📘 What You Will Learn

• The difference between listening to respond and listening to understand.
• How empathetic listening transforms relationships.
• Tools for expressing yourself with clarity and respect.
• Ways to integrate this habit into teaching, leadership, and administration.