'COVEY PROVIDES AŃ
EMPOWERING PHILOSOPHY FOR LIFE THAT IS ALSO THE BEST GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS . .
. A PERFECT BLEND OF WISDOM, COMPASSION, AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE' Editor of the
Harvard Business Review
Drawing on twenty-five years
of teaching and consulting, the author of the bestselling The 7 Habits ofHighly Effectwe
People invites people to centre their lives and leadership around such timeless principles
as fairness, equity, justice and integrity that constitute the roots of every famiły and
institution that has ever prospered.
Ineffective people try to
manage their time around priorities, says Stephen R. Covey, whereas effectiye people lead
their lives and manage their relationships according to natural laws that arę uniyersally
valid and constant. 'Principle-centred leadership' is the ability to appły these laws to
problems and to centre lite on the correct principles as the key to personal fulfilment
and professional success.
Covey tackles such issues as
the innate human need for progress, how to understand people's potential rather than just
their behaviour and demonstrates how lifelong learning and a principle-centred approach
can empower relationships at home and at work.
328 pages