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Category:Business- ReferenceLeadershipLeadership-Lea
Publisher: Pocket Books Uk | ISBN: 9780743468602 | Pages: 340

A GUIDEBOOK TO PERSONAL FULFILMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS THROUGH "PRINCIPLE-CENTERED LEADERSHIP" BASED ON TIMELESS PRINCIPLES - SHOWING HOW GOALS OF EXCELLENCE AND TOTAL QUALITY EXPRESS AN INNATE HUMAN NEED FOR PROGRESS IN PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE. INEFFECTIVE PEOPLE TRY TO MANAGE THEIR TIME AROUND PRIORITIES, SAYS STEPHEN R. COVEY, WHEREAS EFFECTIVE PEOPLE LEAD THEIR LIVES AND MANAGE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ACCORDING TO PRINCIPLES - NATURAL LAWS AND GOVERNING VALUES THAT ARE UNIVERSALLY VALID. LEADERSHIP IS THE ABILITY TO APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES TO PROBLEMS, RESULTING IN QUALITY, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY AND WIN-WIN RELATIONSHIPS. BY THE AUTHOR OF "SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE".

About the Author

Dr. Stephen R. Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, teacher, author, organizational consultant, and co-founder and vice chairman of Franklin Covey Co. He is author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which Chief Executive magazine has called the most influential business book of the last 100 years. The book has sold nearly 20 million copies, and after 20 years, still holds a place on most best-seller lists. Dr. Covey earned an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate from BYU, where he was a professor of organizational behavior. For more than 40 years, he has taught millions of people ? including leaders of nations and corporations ? the transforming power of the principles that govern individual and organizational effectiveness. He and his wife live in the Rocky Mountains of Utah.