Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Group success is helped when the members begin using the same language. Dr. Stephen R. Covey has given us a language that will help move the group toward success. This best selling book has been very useful in helping establish work groups. While the title of the book is The 7 Habbits of Highly Effective People, they can also apply to Teams. [See my blog on Team Development].
Group success is helped when the members begin using the same language. Dr. Stephen R. Covey has given us a language that will help move the group toward success. This best selling book has been very useful in helping establish work groups. While the title of the book is The 7 Habbits of Highly Effective People, they can also apply to Teams. [See my blog on Team Development].
This book has been used in various contexts including youth development and leader development. This books will be a valuable tool in your tool box.
These habits are live changing:
These habits are live changing:
1. Be Proactive - don't wait for things to happen, make things happen.
2. Begin with the end in mind - make a plan and work the plan.
3. Put first things first - prioritize your efforts and focus on them.
4. Think win win - remember that we are all in this together.
5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood - let others know that you value their input - we need each other.
6. Synergize - we need others strengths to balance our weaknesses.
7. Sharpen the saw - Continually renew the physical, spiritual, mental, social, and emotional parts of our nature.
Covey's follow-up book gives us an eighth habit of effective people that can also be adapted to teams.
8. Discover your voice and inspire others to discover theirs - voice is a person's unique personal significance that lies at the intersection of our talent, passion, need, and conscience.
Covey is a true scholar and there is much more in these books than the habits of effective people. Both books would be a great addition to any development library.
- Covey, S. (2004). 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Kindle ed.), NY: Rosetta Book.
- Covey S. (2004). The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness. NY: Free Press.
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James Quay writes: "I'm a huge believer in this work. Especially the need for #7 "re-sharpening the saw" through lifetime learning".