PRINCIPLE-CENTERED LEADERSHIP by Stephen R. Covey. Summit Books, 199
PREFACE --- A "principle-centered" approach
SECTION 1 --- Personal and interpersonal effectiveness
Introduction
[1] Resolving dilemmas (p30-31)
[2] Four levels, four principles (p31)
(1) Trustworthiness at the personal level, based upon character
(2) Trust at the interpersonal level
Trust --- or the lack of it --- is at the root of success or failure in relationships and in the bottom-line results of business, inducstry, education, and government!
1) Characteristics of "principle-entered" leaders (p33-)
2) "Seven Habits" revisited
3) Three resolutions
4) Primary greatness
5) A Break with the past
6) Six days of creation
7) Seven deadly sins
8) Moral compassing
9) Principle - centered power
10) Clearing communication lines
11) Thirty methods of influence
12) Eight ways to enrich marriage and family relationships
13) Making champions of your children
SECTION 2 --- Managerial and organizational development
INTRODUCTION FOR SECTION 2:
14) "Abundance" managers
15) Seven "chronic problems"
16) Shifting your "management paradigm"
17) Advantages of the Principle Centered Leadership paradigm
18) Six conditions of "empowerment"
19) Managing "expectations"
20) Organizational "control" versus "self-supervision"
21) Involving people in the problem
22) Using "stakeholder" information systems
23) Completed staff work
24) Manage from the "left," lead from the "right"
25) Principles of "total quality"
26) Total Quality Leadership
27) "Seven Habits" and Deming's "14 points"
28) Transforming a swamp into an oasis
29) Corporate "institutions"
30) Universal "mission statement"
31) Principle-centered "learning environments"
EPILOGUE --- Fishing the stream
A PERSONAL NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX