Synopses & Reviews
From
New York Times bestselling author Steven R. Covey comes another inspirational and practical guide to leadership.
How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being spent on them? How do we unleash the creativity, talent, and energy within ourselves and others in the midst of pressure? Is it realistic to believe that balance among personal, family, and professional life is possible?
Stephen R. Covey demonstrates that the answer to these and other dilemmas is Principle-Centered Leadership, a long-term, inside-out approach to developing people and organizations. The key to dealing with the challenges that face us today is the recognition of a principle-centered core within both ourselves and our organizations. Dr. Covey offers insights and guidelines that can help you apply these principles both at work and at home -- leading not just to a new understanding of how to increase quality and productivity, but also to a new appreciation of the importance of building personal and professional relationships in order to enjoy a more balanced, more rewarding, more effective life.
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Willard Jule Total Quality Manager, Westinghouse While the works of Deming and Juran have had a big impact on total quality, they give merely the pieces -- the 'things' part; Covey brings the 'people' part -- the glue that holds the pieces together -- that goes way beyond the 'things' and creates an exponential impact by empowering people.
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Thomas R. Horton Chairman, American Management Association As if Covey's first book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, was not enough, his new book Principle-Centered Leadership is a real tour de force.
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Catherine Crier CNN News Anchor The world is in dire need of a paradigm shift in attitudes and values. Stephen Covey gives us the blueprint with which to create a better personal, business, and political environment and produce this fundamental change. All we need do -- is act!
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Phyllis J. Dudenhoffer International President, General Federation of Women's Clubs Principle-Centered Leadership gave me new insights into working with and for our volunteers. The ideas are basic, yet as we go through our life's work we sometimes overlook the simple basic truth. This book inspires me to build a better life.
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Sam Walton Chairman, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Covey's philosophy for creating more meaningful relationships and successes in the workplace is one we should be striving to implement throughout business and industry, in the home and elsewhere, if we expect to be rewarded with happiness and a fulfilling future. I truly believe that the values he stresses in Principle-Centered Leadership are fundamental to developing a total quality environment.
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Joshua Hammond President, American Quality Foundation We consider Stephen R. Covey to be one of the five most important contributors to shaping America's next level of thinking in quality.
Synopsis
From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a foundational guide to leadership. How do individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change?
Why are efforts to improve organizations failing despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being spent on them?
How do we unleash creativity, talent, and energy within ourselves--and others--in the midst of pressure?
Is it realistic to believe that balance among personal, family, and professional life is possible?
Stephen R. Covey demonstrates that the answer to these and other dilemmas is principle-centered leadership, a long-term, inside-out approach to developing people and organizations. The key to dealing with the challenges that face us today is to develop a principle-centered core within both ourselves and our organizations. Dr. Covey offers insights and guidelines that can help you apply these principles both at work and at home--leading not just to a new understanding of how to increase quality and productivity, but also to a new appreciation of the importance of building personal and professional relationships. The result is a more balanced, more rewarding, and more effective life.
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
andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Preface: A Principle-Centered Approachandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Section 1: PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESSandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Introduction to Section 1andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 1 Characteristics of Principle-Centered Leadersandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 2 Seven Habits Revisitedandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 3 Three Resolutionsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 4 Primary Greatnessandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 5 A Break with the Pastandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 6 Six Days of Creationandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 7 Seven Deadly Sinsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 8 Moral Compassingandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 9 Principle-Centered Powerandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 10 Clearing Communication Linesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 11 Thirty Methods of Influenceandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 12 Eight Ways to Enrich Marriage and Family Relationshipsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 13 Making Champions of Your Childrenandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Section 2: MANAGERIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Introduction to Section 2andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 14 Abundance Managersandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 15 Seven Chronic Problemsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 16 Shifting Your Management Paradigmandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 17 Advantages of the PCL Paradigmandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 18 Six Conditions of Empowermentandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 19 Managing Expectationsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 20 Organizational Control Versus Self-Supervisionandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 21 Involving People in the Problemandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 22 Using Stakeholder Information Systemsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 23 Completed Staff Workandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 24 Manage from the Left, Lead from the Rightandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 25 Principles of Total Qualityandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 26 Total Quality Leadershipandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 27 Seven Habits and Deming's 14 Pointsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 28 Transforming a Swamp into an Oasisandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 29 Corporate Constitutionsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 30 Universal Mission Statementandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Chapter 31 Principle-Centered Learning Environmentsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Epilogue: Fishing the Streamandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;A Personal Noteandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Acknowledgmentsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Index