The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness.To move from effectiveness to greatness, find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. One might think the statement to be the mantra mantra (măn`trə, mŭn–), in Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic words used in ritual and meditation. A mantra is believed to be the sound form of reality, having the power to bring into being the reality it represents. of world-renowned voice coaches. Not so. The advice represents Stephen Covey's 8th habit. Covey cov·ey n. pl. cov·eys 1. A family or small flock of birds, especially partridge or quail. See Synonyms at flock1. 2. A small group, as of persons. , who gave us the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People more than 15 years ago, has worked on his latest book for the past five years and it appears to have been a labor of love. For those of us who have used the 7 Habits in our work as education leaders, this is a book we have been waiting for. In Covey's words, the 8th habit takes us to a new dimension. "It's about seeing and harnessing a third dimension to the 7 habits that meets the central challenge of the new knowledge worker age," he writes. The book attempts to provide the reader with a road map that leads first through the steps of finding one's own voice and then, more importantly for education leaders, to find the way to inspire others to discover their voices. As such, this book is about transformational, servant and spiritual leadership. Interestingly, Covey wrote 352 pages in 1989 when he wrote 7 Habits. It required 408 pages and a 2-hour, 10-minute DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. (which comes free with the book) to convey the 8th Habit. The best news is that one does not have to read (or reread Verb 1. reread - read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him" read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" ) the first book as Covey ties the two works together in both descriptive language and a three-dimensional graphic organizer Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts or ideas. They are known to help
(The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey, Free Press, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y., 2004, 408 pp., $26 hardcover) Perry Berkowitz Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, College of St. Rose, Albany, N.Y. |
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