Principle-Centered Leadership

Stephen R. Covey

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1992 , 334 pages

ISBN: 0-671-79280-6

Synopsis:

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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 to not just 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, and more effective life.

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• Preface: A Principle-Centered Approach
• Section 1: Personal and Interpersonal Effectiveness
1. Characteristics of Principle-Centered Leaders
2. Seven Habits Revisited
3. Three Resolutions
4. Primary Greatness
5. A Break with the Past
6. Six Days of Creation
7. Seven Deadly Sins
8. Moral Compassing
9. Principle-Centered Power
10. Clearing Communication Lines
11. Thirty Methods of Influence
12. Eight Ways to Enrich Marriage and Family Relationships
13. Making Champions of Your Children
• Section 2: Managerial and Organizational Development
14. Abundance Managers
15. Seven Chronic Problems
16. Shifting Your Management Paradigm
17. Advantages to the PCL Paradigm
18. Six Conditions of Empowerment
19. Managing Expectations
20. Organizational Control Versus Self-Supervision
21. Involving People in the Problem
22. Using Stakeholder Information Systems
23. Completed Staff Work
24. Manage from the Left, Lead from the Right
25. Principles of Total Quality
26. Total Quality Leadership
27. Seven Habits and Deming's 14 Points
28. Transforming a Swamp into an Oasis
29. Corporate Consitutions
30. Universal Mission Statements
31. Principle-Centered Learning Environments
• Epilogue: Fishing the Stream