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Why
“Sail7Cs”?
As a life-long sailor, I have sailed tens of thousands of miles
across all seven seas. I have made most of the common mistakes
sailors make (!), and once or twice, my life has hung in the
balance. I have been humbled by those experiences, but with
a little bit of luck, I survived, learned and had the good fortune
to sail another day!
Through Sail7Cs™, I share this learning through the rich living
metaphor of a passage at sea. What does the sea teach that is
useful to every area of life and work? The sea is powerful,
and indifferent to our passage: At sea, it is up to us.
What are the 7Cs?
Sail7Cs™ is an integrated suite of values, principles and practices
set out in seven different theme areas: Captaincy, Course, Courage,
Capacity, Companionship, Curiosity, and Compassion. Think of
them as the “7Cs Success Factors”.
Together, they are a roadmap to achievement and success. They
apply equally in all parts of our lives: at school, at play
and at work.
Sail7Cs™ help us build and laser our capability, then link that
capability to our purpose. This unleashes the great force for
life and creativity that lies deep within us all, but unfortunately,
lies dormant in too many lives, in too many businesses.
Why are the 7Cs relevant to business?
In business, we are all looking for ways to get the edge, the
advantage, and win the race. By definition, to out-sail the
competition we must do some different things and do some things
differently.
Sail7Cs™ is a strategy and road map to get your businesses there
before the competition by strengthening your primary resource
– your people. Using the principles and practices of Sail7Cs™
and the 7Cs Success Factors, you implement interdependent and
complimentary streams of activity and learning to uncover and
build on the strength of your people.
Don’t most businesses already have the 7Cs,
but with other names?
Some have some parts of the 7Cs in an ‘accidental’, incomplete
way. Sail7Cs™ shows where important elements are missing and
provides a road map to introduce and sustain them.
For example, few businesses exploit the opportunities of “Courage”
or “Capacity”. We see daily how organizations do a poor job
of rewarding risk, innovation and experimentation. This is partly
because ‘Courage’ is too seldom a part of a business’s culture.
The ideas behind ‘Courage’ are simple, but it takes intention,
strategy and practice to create a courageous organizational
culture. Likewise, few organizations have a strategy or the
intention to build the emotional, spiritual and physical capacity
of its human resources. Businesses fail to exploit the opportunity
because some believe it’s not their place and others lack the
know-how.
The 7Cs seem concerned with remarkably ‘soft ‘values
in the ‘hard’ world of business, are they relevant?
Let’s go back to the sailing metaphor. The sea, like our work,
is an indifferent and sometimes ferocious environment, yet the
so-called soft values of the Sail7Cs™ are necessary to weather
the storm. Why?
A business, like a ship, is only the instrument of the captain
and crew. Yes, we need to be certain the ship is kept seaworthy
and sound, but the crew must be able to keep her fit and sail
her to her destination. It takes all the leadership of ‘Captaincy’,
all the competency of maintaining ‘Course’, all the ‘Courage’
and ‘Capacity’ of the crew to climb high in the rigging in a
storm, to sail the ship through to fair weather and sunnier times.
As we move into the post industrial information era, we are
remembering the primary resource in our business are our people,
not our machinery. Sail7Cs™ gets extra-ordinary results because
it does very well what others are still learning to do – build
human capacity, align heart with work, and focus effort and activity to
a common, collective purpose. That is why the ‘soft’ values of the
Sail7Cs™ get Extra-Ordinary ‘hard’ results.
How can I put the Sail7Cs principles to work in my business?
Sail7Cs is a cultural assessment and change tool used to assess
and implement a change initiative which in turn will unleash employee power.
Sail7Cs is a crisis solution tool used in an organizational
discovery process to assess and implement a plan to address
general or crisis conditions.
Sail7Cs is a consulting framework for strategic planning and
business development planning.
Sail7Cs is an Executive Coaching developmental tool used to develop
and focus Executive Coaching outcomes.
Where do I find out more about Sail7Cs?
www.sail7cs.com or email: info@sail7Cs.com
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