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Proving the Value of Soft Skills
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Proving the Value of Soft Skills

by Jack Phillips, Patti Phillips, Rebecca Ray
August 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
328 pages
9h 13m
English
Association for Talent Development
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The Soft Skills Challenge

SEVEN HABITS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

Stephen R. Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People became one of the most important, influential, and bestselling books in history with more than 20 million copies sold (Covey 1989). This book is based on research that defines the journey to effectiveness in seven easy-to-understand habits:

1.   Be proactive.

2.   Begin with the end in mind.

3.   Put first things first.

4.   Think win-win.

5.   Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

6.   Synergize.

7.   Sharpen the saw.

Covey built a business around the book to support the implementation of the seven habits, and, eventually, the company evolved into the FranklinCovey Company. Although Covey expected widespread ...

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ISBN: 9781950496648