Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
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Stephen R. CoveyThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
About Stephen R. Covey
American educator and author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. (1932-2012)
More from Stephen R. Covey
- The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
- Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
- To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989), Habit 5
- Begin with the end in mind.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989), Habit 2
- Trust is the glue that holds everything together.First Things First (1994)
More quotes on leadership
- If you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles.Sun Tzu
- Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.Sun Tzu
- Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.Sun Tzu
- A skilled commander seeks victory from the situation and does not demand it of his subordinates.Sun Tzu
- All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.Sun Tzu
- Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.Sun Tzu
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