Book Series Guide
Stephen R. Covey

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Stephen Richards Covey (1932–2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, leadership consultant, and motivational speaker. He earned degrees from the University of Utah, Harvard University, and Brigham Young University, where he later taught. Covey founded the Covey Leadership Center and became cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey. His work combined personal development, organizational leadership, family relationships, and religiously informed principles, most influentially in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

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Stephen R. Covey's Newest Book

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Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You

posthumous-self-help-book · First published 2023

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Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The central and best-known statement of Covey's personal and organizational effectiveness framework.

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Principle-Centered Leadership

A strong entry point for readers primarily interested in organizational leadership.

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Spiritual Roots of Human Relations

The earliest major statement of the spiritually grounded ideas that informed Covey's later work.

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The Covey Habits Series

A publisher-designated umbrella series collecting Stephen R. Covey works that develop, apply, or extend his habits and principle-centered effectiveness framework.

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  1. 1 Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Book 1 · self-help-book · 1989

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  2. 2 Cover of Principle-Centered Leadership
    Principle-Centered Leadership

    Book 2 · leadership-book · 1991

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  3. 3 Cover of First Things First
    First Things First

    Book 3 · self-help-book · 1994

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  4. 4 Cover of Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People
    Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People

    Book 4 · daily-reflection-collection · 1994 Optional

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  5. 5
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World

    Book 5 · family-self-help-book · 1997

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  6. 6
    Living the 7 Habits: The Courage to Change

    Book 6 · self-help-collection · 2000

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  7. 7
    The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

    Book 7 · leadership-book · 2004

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  8. 8
    The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time

    Book 8 · education-leadership-book · 2008

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  9. 9 Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Network Marketing Professionals
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Network Marketing Professionals

    Book 9 · business-self-help-book · 2009 Optional

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  10. 10
    Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times

    Book 10 · business-book · 2009 Optional

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  11. 11
    Great Work Great Career

    Book 11 · career-book · 2009 Optional

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  12. 12 Cover of The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems
    The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems

    Book 12 · self-help-book · 2011

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  13. 13 Cover of Primary Greatness: The 12 Levers of Success
    Primary Greatness: The 12 Levers of Success

    Book 13 · posthumous-self-help-collection · 2016 Optional

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  14. 14 Cover of Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You
    Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You

    Book 14 · posthumous-self-help-book · 2023 Optional

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Bibliography by category

Novels (4)
  1. Cover of Spiritual Roots of Human Relations
    Spiritual Roots of Human Relations

    religious-nonfiction-book · 1970

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  2. Cover of The Divine Center
    The Divine Center

    religious-nonfiction-book · 1982

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  3. Cover of Marriage and Family: Gospel Insights
    Marriage and Family: Gospel Insights

    religious-nonfiction-book · 1983

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  4. 6 Events: The Restoration Model for Solving Life's Problems

    religious-nonfiction-book · 2004

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Other (2)
  1. Cover of How to Succeed with People
    How to Succeed with People

    self-help-book · 1971

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  2. Everyday Greatness: Inspiration for a Meaningful Life

    self-help-collection · 2006

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