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The 7 habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic / Stephen R. Covey.

Summary:

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

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, 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. -- Publisher's description

Record details

ISBN: 9780743269513
ISBN: 0743269519
Physical Description: 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: [Revised edition].
Publisher: New York : Free Press, [2004]
Copyright: ©2004

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword -- pt. 1. Paradigms and principles -- Inside-out -- the seven habits : an overview -- pt. 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 -- pt. 3. Public victory -- Paradigms on 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 -- pt. 4. Renewal -- habit 7. Sharpen the saw -- Principles of balanced self-renewal -- Inside-out again -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Possible perceptions flowing out of various centers -- Appendix B.A quadrant II day at the office -- Problem/opportunity index.