The 7 habits of Highly Effective Management

Abstract 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. 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, sharpen the edge. By using these steps within project management managers can improve their leadership role and ensure that project will be managed successfully. The article will follow the following subjects: • The 7 habits • Project management • Limitations • Annotated bibliography

Reference: Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 habits of Highly effective people. Revised edition, UK: Simon & Schuster