Force of Habit
Here's one leadership rut you don't want to get out of.
By Mark Henricks •
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Fifteen years and 15 million copies after The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,Stephen R. Covey reveals the next phase of his program inThe 8th Habit (Free Press, $26). The eighthhabit is to "Find Your Voice and Inspire Others to FindTheirs." Because this book deals with leadership, it willappeal to entrepreneurs.
Business leaders will find a particularly relevant chapter onaligning organizational goals and systems to produce results.Covey's approach to this and other such leadership challengesis to advise executives to model the desired behavior rather thansimply telling others how to behave. This is not a manual formanipulators. It's a guidebook for those who dream of leadingby example.
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