How to Lead Where You Are and Advance Your Career: Top Lessons from Stephen Covey

There are all sorts of buzzwords surrounding the concept of leadership today – transformational, effective, and principled/ethical, among others. You do not need to be at the top of an organization or department to use your skills to influence and motivate people to accomplish good for the group or organization. In this episode of The Career Confidante, host Marie Zimenoff reviews some of the leadership principles from Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”: being proactive, having the end in mind, putting first things first, win-win thinking, seeking to understand, and looking for synergies. She continues with an overview of principled leadership and building trust as the foundation for interacting effectively with people, as well as a discussion of specific methods of influence. For some good reminders and fresh insights into developing and using your leadership skills, tune in to this episode of The Career Confidante.