25 Need-To-Know Management Models

Chapter 25

Seven habits of highly effective people (Covey)

• Why use it? Covey claims that highly effective people have seven habits that make them very successful in life and business, and he argues that highly effective managers do exactly what they feel is both right and important, and they do it consciously.
• What does it do? The model provides a self-help programme based on an inside-out approach.
• When to use it? This model is useful to gain an insight into what makes people successful and effective. It is also useful as a model for self-help to improve your individual performance and effectiveness.
• What question will it help you answer? What drives people to do the things they do and how can they become effective in doing them?

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