The 8th Habit: from Effectiveness to Greatness

Publisher Marketing: In the more than fifteen years since its publication, the classic "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" has become an international phenomenon with over fifteen million copies sold. Tens of millions of people in business, government, schools, and families, and, most important, as individuals have dramatically improved their lives and organizations by applying the principles of Stephen R. Covey's classic book. The world, though, is a vastly changing place. The challenges and complexity we all face in our relationships, families, professional lives, and communities are of an entirely new order of magnitude. Being effective as individuals and organizations is not longer merely an option survival in today's world requires it. But in order to thrive, innovate, excel, and lead in what Covey calls the new Knowledge Worker Age, we must build on and move beyond effectiveness. The call of this new era in human history is for greatness; it's for fulfillment, passionate execution, and significant contribution. Accessing the higher levels of human genius and motivation in today's new reality requires a sea change in thinking: a new mind-set, a new skill-set, a new tool-set in short, a whole new habit. The crucial challenge of our world today is this: to find our voice and inspire others to find theirs. It is what Covey calls the 8th Habit. So many people feel frustrated, discouraged, unappreciated and undervalued with little or no sense of voice or unique contribution. "The 8th Habit" is the answer to the soul's yearning for greatness, the organization's imperative for significance and superior results, and humanity's search for its "voice." Profound, compelling, and stunningly timely, this groundbreaking new audiobook of next-level thinking gives a clear way to finally tap the limitless value-creation promise of the Knowledge Worker Age. Covey's new audiobook will transform the way we think about ourselves and our purpose in life, about our organizations, and about humankind. Just as "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" helped us focus on effectiveness, "The 8th Habit" shows us the way to greatness." Review Citations: Foreword 09/01/2005 pg. 1 (EAN 9780762428533, Hardcover) Foreword 05/01/2005 pg. 1 (EAN 9780743287937, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2005 pg. 8 (EAN 9780684846651, Hardcover) Harvard Business Review 12/01/2004 pg. 28 (EAN 9780684846651, Hardcover) People Weekly 12/13/2004 pg. 58 (EAN 9780684846651, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 60 (EAN 9780684846651, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 72 (EAN 9780684846651, Hardcover) Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2004 pg. 130 (EAN 9780743517997, Compact Disc) Library Journal 08/01/2004 (EAN 9780743517997, Compact Disc) Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2004 pg. 130 (EAN 9780743517980, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal 08/01/2004 (EAN 9780743517980, Analog Audio Cassette) Contributor Bio:  Covey, Stephen R Dr. Stephen R. Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, teacher, author, organizational consultant, and co-founder and vice chairman of Franklin Covey Co. He is author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which Chief Executive magazine has called the most influential business book of the last 100 years. The book has sold nearly 20 million copies, and after 20 years, still holds a place on most best-seller lists. Dr. Covey earned an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate from BYU, where he was a professor of organizational behavior. For more than 40 years, he has taught millions of people including leaders of nations and corporations the transforming power of the principles that govern individual and organizational effectiveness. He and his wife live in the Rocky Mountains of Utah.