The Big Idea
When things go wrong - whether in your personal or professional life - chances are you resort to quick-fix plans, strategies and techniques for altering and improving your environment. Often, the problem is caused by a misalignment of your actions and decisions with the correct principles. To solve it, you need to alter not the external circumstances but your perspective.

Best-selling author Stephen M. R. Covey introduces a new management paradigm that can help you transform, not only your organization, but your personal relationships as well. He reveals how you can achieve effective personal and organizational leadership by centering your actions and decisions on a set of time-tested principles.

About the Author
Stephen Covey - Dr. Stephen R. Covey is cofounder/vice - chairman of FranklinCovey Company, a leading global professional services firm. FranklinCovey offers learning and performance solutions to assist professionals and organizations in s i g n i f i c a n t l y increasing their effectiveness in productivity, leadership, communications and sales. Dr. Covey is perhaps best known as the author of, which is ranked as a No. 1 bestseller by the , having sold more than 13 million copies in 36 languages throughout the world. The books message has created lasting impact-its sales keeping it on numerous best-seller lists for years. Dr. Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, and organizational consultant. He has made teaching principle-centered living and principle-centered leadership his lifes work.