Although the response rate was low it was decided to run the two focus groups, one with two
participants and a second with three. The rationale for this was that with such a small
response rate it was important to check even with a small group what were the outcomes of
the course. If the course proved to be of little value it could explain why the response to
participate in the project was low. If not then revising the recruitment strategies for
participants in a follow up request could be worthwhile. As part of the original methodology a
volunteer was to be called from each of the three focus groups to participate in the
development of a profile where they would be individually interviewed, asked to keep a diary
on how they implemented the 7 habits as well as ask for a peer review statement on how the
7 habits course had effected them. On realising that the response to the focus groups was
low and that there were three people who had volunteered to give feedback outside of the
focus groups which they could not attend each of these people were approached to be the
subject of a profile study. All three agreed but in this paper only the data associated with the
interviews of two of the participants is presented. Although a third person was interviewed
the tape could not be transcribed owing to technical difficulties. A date for a follow up
interview has been set.