Principle-Centered Leadership

Stephen R. Covey

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1992, 334 pages

ISBN: 0-671-79280-6

Keywords: Change Management, Human Resources

Last modified: Aug. 1, 2021, 3:27 p.m.

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.

  • 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
    1. Abundance Managers
    2. Seven Chronic Problems
    3. Shifting Your Management Paradigm
    4. Advantages to the PCL Paradigm
    5. Six Conditions of Empowerment
    6. Managing Expectations
    7. Organizational Control Versus Self-Supervision
    8. Involving People in the Problem
    9. Using Stakeholder Information Systems
    10. Completed Staff Work
    11. Manage from the Left, Lead from the Right
    12. Principles of Total Quality
    13. Total Quality Leadership
    14. Seven Habits and Deming's 14 Points
    15. Transforming a Swamp into an Oasis
    16. Corporate Consitutions
    17. Universal Mission Statements
    18. Principle-Centered Learning Environments
  • Epilogue: Fishing the Stream

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Principle-Centered Leadership

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

Excrement * (1 out of 10)

Last modified: May 21, 2007, 3:20 a.m.

Why bother buying it?

Anything can be sold with enough marketing. This is the proof. You don't have to be as stupid as me, who bought it alongside the 7 Habits…

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