Stephen Covey, as well as being a renowned writer, speaker, academic and humanist, also built a huge training and consultancy products and services business. To many more areas in the modern world, for example, parenting, relationships, mediation, counselling, etc.
Indeed Covey's methods extend and adapt with increasing relevance
Nevertheless, the 'Seven Habits' are a remarkable set of inspirational and aspirational standards for anyone who seeks to live a full, purposeful and good life, and are applicable today more than ever, as the business world - and life beyond businessĪnd work - become more attuned to humanist concepts.Ĭovey's values are full of integrity and humanity and contrast strongly with the authority-driven process-based ideologies that characterise management and leadership thinking in earlier times.