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We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

Stephen Covey
Inspiration, Our Actions, Management

Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.

Stephen Covey
Leadership, Business, Management
Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves.

Stephen Covey
Challenges, Time Management, Management
"The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". Book by Stephen Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 1989.

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

Stephen Covey
Moral, Management, Authority
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".

Stephen Covey
Management, Individual, Chairs
Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.121, Mango Media Inc.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Stephen Covey
Management, Crisis, Down The Road
Stephen R. Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families”, p.195, St. Martin's Press

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