shopping cart
Call us:  800-878-7323 HELP
HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.

You Might Also Like...

The One Minute Manager The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard



Related Aisles


John Hodgman Read the exclusive interview with John Hodgman and save 30% on More Information Than You Require

  1. More Information Than You Require
    $16.80 Hardcover add to wishlist

Ships free on qualified orders.
$4.95
List price: 15.00
You save: $10.05
TRADE PAPER, USED
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
4 Burnside Self Help- General
2 Local Warehouse Self Help- General


The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

by Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Cover

ISBN13: 9780671708634
ISBN10: 0671708635
Condition: Standard
All Product Details
See More Like This

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. 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, honesty, 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.

About the Author

Stephen R. Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, founder of the former Covey Leadership Center, and cochairman of Franklin Covey Co. He has made teaching Principle-Centered Living and Principle-Centered Leadership his life's work. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard and a doctorate from Brigham Young University, where he was a professor of organizational behavior and business management and also served as director of university relations and assistant to the president. For more than thirty years he has taught millions of individuals, families, and leaders in business, education, and government the transforming power of principles or natural laws that govern human and organizational effectiveness.

Dr. Covey is the author of several acclaimed books, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which has been at the top of the bestseller lists for over seven years and tied as the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century in a survey of Chief Executive Magazine's readers. More than ten million copies have been sold in twenty-eight languages and seventy countries. His books Principle-Centered Leadership and First Things First are two of the bestselling business books of the decade.

Dr. Covey and other Franklin Covey authors, speakers, and spokespersons, all authorities on leadership and effectiveness, are consistently sought by radio and television stations, magazines, and newspapers throughout the world.

Among recent acknowledgments, Dr. Covey has received the Thomas More College Medallion for continuing service to humanity, the Toastmasters' International Top Speaker Award, Inc. magazine's National Entrepreneur of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and several honorary doctorates. He has also been recognized as one of Time magazine's twenty-five most influential Americans.

Stephen, his wife, Sandra, and their family live in the Rocky Mountains of Utah.

Table of Contents

  1. pt. 1.Paradigms and principles
  2. pt. 2.Private victory
  3. Habit 1: be proactive
  4. Habit 2: begin with the end in mind
  5. Habit 3: put first things first
  6. pt. 3.Public victory
  7. Habit 4: think win/win
  8. Habit 5: seek first to understand, then to be understood
  9. Habit 6: synergize
  10. pt. 4.Renewal
  11. Habit 7: Sharpen the saw.

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
affan, April 28, 2006 (view all comments by affan)
excellent book for the personal jugdment... findind aptitue...the job we are made for
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(17 of 34 readers found this comment helpful)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780671708634
Subtitle:
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Author:
Covey, Stephen R.
Author:
Covey, Stephen R.
Publisher:
Free Press LANGUAGE: eng
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Leadership
Subject:
Success
Subject:
Business Life
Subject:
Child rearing
Subject:
Entrepreneurship
Subject:
Happiness
Subject:
Character
Subject:
Achievement
Subject:
Adult
Subject:
Personal Growth - Success
Subject:
Management - General
Subject:
Business Life - General
Subject:
General Business & Economics
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Fireside ed.
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
no. 22
Publication Date:
September 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.5 in 12.032 oz
  • back to top
Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.