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The 7 habits of highly effective people : powerful lessons in personal change / Stephen R. Covey.

Summary:

In this book, Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity--principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

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  • ISBN: 9781476740058
  • ISBN: 1476740054
  • ISBN: 9781451639612
  • ISBN: 1451639619
  • Physical Description: xxx, 391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Previously published: New York : Free Press, ©2004.
This edition has a new foreword by Jim Collins, a family tribute by Covey's children, and "A final interview with Stephen R. Covey."
Includes indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1. Paradigms and principles -- Inside-out -- The 7 habits : an overview -- Part 2. Private victory -- Habit 1 : Be proactive: principles of personal vision -- Habit 2 : Begin with the end in mind: principles of personal leadership -- Habit 3 : Put first things first: principles of personal management -- Part 3. Public victory : Paradigms of interdependence -- Habit 4 : Think win/win: principles of interpersonal leadership -- Habit 5 : Seek first to understand, then to be understood: principles of empathic communication -- Habit 6 : Synergize: principles of creative cooperation -- Renewal : Habit 7 : Sharpen the saw: principles of balanced self-renewal -- Inside-out again -- Afterword -- Possible perceptions flowing out of various centers -- A quadrant II day at the office -- A final interview with Stephen R. Covey -- Problem/opportunity index -- Index.
Subject: Success > Psychological aspects.
Character.
Leadership.
Personality.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Self-evaluation.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
by Covey, Stephen R.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey was born on October 24, 1932, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received a degree in business administration from the University of Utah, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a D.R.E. from Brigham Young University. He was a teacher and administrator at Brigham Young University. In 1983, he founded the Covey Leadership Center, a training and consulting concern. He wrote numerous books on leadership, personal and organizational effectiveness, and family and interpersonal relationships. His best known book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic, first published in 1989. His other books include Principle Centered Leadership; First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, and to Leave a Legacy; Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People; Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families; The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness; and The 3rd Alternative. He received the Thomas More College Medallion and the Utah Symphony Fiftieth Anniversary Award in 1990, and the McFeely Award of the International Management Council for contributions and service in 1991. He died from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on July 16, 2012 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography)


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