Effective communication is built on the cement of trust. And trust is based on trustworthiness, not politics.
Stephen CoveyMore essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow.
Stephen CoveyMoral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
Stephen CoveyEffective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Stephen CoveyIn addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
Stephen Covey