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Revision as of 19:23, 26 March 2022
In project management it’s crucial that the manager of the project has all the needed management skills to guide the project to a success. A project manager therefore needs to possess different personal characteristics to achieve this. The book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People focusses on how to improve your habits to be more effective as a person in your personal and professional life. These habits can be applied to project management as well. This article will give an in-depth view of how each of these habits can be useful for managers working in project management.
The book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a self-help book written by American Author Stephen Covey. The first edition was published in the 1989 and since then more than 40 million copies has been sold worldwide. In this book Stephen Covey focuses on an inside-out approach to achieve success both personal and business wise. This is achieved by following the seven habits: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the edge. By using these steps within project management, managers can improve their leadership role and ensure that project will be managed successfully.
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The 7 habits
The book The 7 habits of Highly Effective Management focusses on a inside out approach, meaning that the person isn't following a tool but actually creating habits to live your most effective life possible. This is done by following the 7 habits described in the book, the first three habits focus on you as a person and is called your private victory. The Following three habits are focused on you working with others and is called the public victory. Lastly the seventh habit focusses on maintaining and constant improve the learned habits. This ensures you will constantly improve your effective life.
All the habits are structured around the P/PC balance principle. This concept is based on having a balance between Production(P) and Production Capacity(PC) as a person. This means that you as a person should focus your
Private Victory
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
Habit 3: Put first things first
Public Victory
Habit 4: Think win/win
Habit 5: Seek first to Understand, then to be understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Renewal
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Application to Management
Mention the book for management, there is a separate one.
Limitations
References
Annotated Bibliography
Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 habits of Highly effective people. Revised edition, UK: Simon & Schuster,
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