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

Covey, Stephen R., (author.). Collins, James C. (James Charles), 1958- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

A leading management consultant outlines seven organizational rules for improving effectiveness and increasing productivity at work and at home.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781476740058
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ISBN: 9781451639612
ISBN: 1471165086
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ISBN: 9781471165085
Physical Description: xxx, 391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Contains index.

This edition has a new foreword by Jim Collins, a family tribute by Covey's children, and "A final interview with Stephen R. Covey."

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.