Stephen R. Covey
Bio: Stephen R. Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority,
family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, founder of the former
Covey Leadership Center, and cochairman of Franklin Covey Co. He has
made teaching Principle-Centered Living and Principle-Centered
Leadership his life's work. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard and a
doctorate from B.Y.U., where he was a professor of organizational
behavior and business management, and also served as director of
university relations and assistant to the president. For more than
thirty years he has taught millions of individuals and families and
leaders in business, education, and government the transforming power of
principles or natural laws that govern human and organizational
effectiveness.
Dr. Covey is the author of several acclaimed books, including The
7Habits of Highly Effective People, which has been at the top of
the best-seller lists for more than ten years and was chosen by readers
of Chief Executive magazine as the number one most influential
book of the twentieth century. More than twelve million copies have been
sold in thirty-two languages and seventy countries. His books
Principle-Centered Leadership and First Things First are
two of the best-selling business books of the decade. The 7
Habits of Highly Effective Families is a best-selling family
book. Dr. Covey's most recent book, The Nature of Leadership,
explores leadership principles through interviews and the lens of a
camera.
Dr. Covey and other Franklin Covey authors, speakers, and spokespersons,
all authorities on leadership and effectiveness, are consistently sought
by radio and television stations, magazines, and newspapers throughout
the world.
Among recent acknowledgments, Dr. Covey has received the Thomas More
College Medallion for continuing service to humanity, the Toastmasters
International Top Speaker Award, Ernst & Young and Inc.
magazine's National Entrepreneur of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award
for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and several honorary doctorates. He has
also been recognized as one of Time magazine's twenty-five most
influential Americans.
Stephen, his wife, Sandra, and their family live in the Rocky Mountains
of Utah.
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