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Principle Centered Leadership
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Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780671755454
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 0671755455
Label: Simon & Schuster Audio
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Studio: Simon & Schuster Audio
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Summary: Principle Centered Leadership
Comment: am a devotee of Stephen Covey and was moved when I listened to his Principle Centered Leadership on tape various years ago. I felt that his principles, as articulated in this tape version, matched my beliefs of principle centered values. Principle Centered Leadership is now available on CDs and I have purchased this new version and given it to subordinates and peers as a way of establishing a common value centered understanding of each other. I had not listened to the CD version until recently. I must say that I was very disappointed with this version. It is edited significantly from the tape verion to the point that I had difficulty understanding and following the principles this conceptual model spouses. The people I had given the CDs to had diffulty understanding the concepts and felt that it was arduous to listen to the CDs. I am sorry because I believe that the principles are sound but cannot longer support the CD version.
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Summary: A book that will change the world if every leader reads it
Comment: Many people would agree that what the world lacks is leadership and not resources. Mr. Covey has perfectly laid out what many academic papers and powerful speeches have lacked - substance, and practical steps.
This is an amazing attempt to significantly address the root cause of the problems of this world - the undersupply of quality leadership with principles. As the book stresses, it is imperative that political, business and organizational leaders understand and embrace fairness, commonsense, quality, ethical and dedicated leadership to drive positive political, economic, and social change across the world. This books shows how World citizens can be empowered and how the vast natural resources of the planet can be most effectively deployed. This was obviously a very inspiring book. The only problem is that I don't know how many leaders would dare to read it? (Nwankama W Nwankama)
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Summary: An Interesting Model of Leadership
Comment: I approached Stephen Covey's Principle-Centered Leadership not long after having read his famous The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Given the very high benchmark, I was a bit disappointed by the chaotic structure and repeating content. However, the key insights of Dr. Covey's teachings on leadership sum up to quite an interesting model of leadership within organizations.
The key notion of the book is that leadership, in the same way as life in general, should be governed by principles. Dr. Covey describes four levels of leadership and corresponding four key principles that should be followed by effective leaders and organizations.
Personal level. The means to becoming an effective leader on the personal level is following the principle of trustworthiness. In order to be trustworthy, you need to show character and develop competence.
Interpersonal level. Leading people, which happens on the interpersonal level, can only be successful if it is based on the principle of trust. This in turn requires that both sides of the relationship are trustworthy (showing character and competence).
Managerial level. On the managerial level, a leader can obtain best results by following the principle of empowerment. People should supervise themselves - as a manager, you should become a source of help rather than a supervisor.
Dr. Covey lists six conditions of empowerment:
1. Character
2. Skills
3. Win-win agreement
4. Self-supervision
5. Helpful structure and systems
6. Accountability
Organizational level. In the design of leadership-centered organizations, one should focus on the principle of alignment. Great organizations should be aligned on the correct principles, values, strategy, style, structure and systems.
This might be a potentially interesting read to anyone who has not read 7 Habits before. Otherwise, I would recommend only a scanning and selective read of this book to anyone interested in the topic.
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Summary: Quality author, disappointing content
Comment: Covey's follow up to his best seller does not quite merit the high regard his first work attained. Many of the topics are merely restated common themes found among even average business degrees giving the impression Covey may have been seeking to benefit off his first significant success rather than provide any fresh ideas.
I have always held to the belief that a single concept derived from a book, even if only discovered amid a single sentence, justifies the value of the book if the concept is new and profound. I did not find such a new concept among the entire book, and thus unless new to business leadership and management theory, I would not recommend this book.
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Summary: Leadership
Comment: This book is great for anyone looking to reign in their strategy for leading other's, as well as yourself. Good as a supplemental reading for secondary education.
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The Eternal Drive for Excellence No matter what level of success we have achieved, none of us can be content to stay where we are. Within all of us lies an innate desire for progress in every aspect of our lives. In order to harness and utilize this internal drive in ourselves and those around us, we must learn to center our lives according to a set of certain basic principles Stephen R. Covey, author of the runaway bestseller "The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People," tells us how to apply these principles to the problems we face every day---and how to meet the goals of all strong business leaders: quality, productivity, profitability, and win-win relationships. According to Covey, ineffective people try to manage their time around priorities, often losing sight of the fundamental character and skill development necessary for effective leadership. Here he draws on 25 years of consulting and teaching to provide new methods and practices that will improve our managerial, interpersonal and organizational lives. Using the same insightful and sensitive style that made "The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People" a #1 national audio bestseller, "Principle-Centered Leadership" provides the keys to life-long learning---each one unlocking the doors to personal fulfillment and professional success.
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