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Are The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People the right soft skills for project managers?

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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is book written by Stephen Covey
Presents an approach to being effective in attaining goals by aligning oneself to what he calls "true north" principles based on a character ethic that he presents as universal and timeless
Will the practice of these habits be the right soft skills for project managers?
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Kimberly Chavez Platform Program Manager, Integration| Brightspeed Overland Park, Ks, United States
The 7 Habits is one of the first workshops I ever attended. I was sent by the first company I worked for. It was, for me a profound paradigm shift in the way I saw things. I've used the principles I learned in that workshop ever since. I've come full circle as the company I work for now offers this to their employees overseas and they are preparing to launch it for North America employees soon. I look forward to the refresher.
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 16, 2020 11:50 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Kimberky
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

If we practice the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, we demonstrate a high level of Emotional Intelligence.
But we go further when "Creating Synergy"
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Luis -

Covey's 7 habits addresses a number of the soft skills needed for effective PMs, but would likely need to be reinforced with learnings from many other famous authors including Robert Greenleaf, Douglas McGregor, Daniel Pink, Kim Scott and others...
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 16, 2020 11:53 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Kiron
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

The more I read other authors, the more I consider that the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People address all these themes proposed by other authors.
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Sam Bob Ohio, Oh, United States
My opinion may be worth no merit to this discussion as compared to the individuals in this discussion my credentials, and overall experience is tremendously off par. However, with my experience with books, How to Win Friends & Influence People, and 7 effective habits have been life changing for me, with regards to dealing with people in everyday life, and transitioning from my old scripts and paradigms to a completely rejuvenated way of interacting with people, and external forces.
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 16, 2020 11:54 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Binyaameen
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

We have a very similar opinion regarding the impact that the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People had on our lives.
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Alok Priyadarshi Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Definitely 7 habits of very effective people is one of the great book every PM should have for improvement of their soft skills, among the many other great books. I agree with Kiron & Gori!!
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 16, 2020 11:56 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Alok
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

We have a very similar opinion regarding the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Sep 13, 2019 2:28 PM
Replying to Kimberly Chavez
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The 7 Habits is one of the first workshops I ever attended. I was sent by the first company I worked for. It was, for me a profound paradigm shift in the way I saw things. I've used the principles I learned in that workshop ever since. I've come full circle as the company I work for now offers this to their employees overseas and they are preparing to launch it for North America employees soon. I look forward to the refresher.
Dear Kimberky
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

If we practice the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, we demonstrate a high level of Emotional Intelligence.
But we go further when "Creating Synergy"
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Sep 13, 2019 5:38 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Luis -

Covey's 7 habits addresses a number of the soft skills needed for effective PMs, but would likely need to be reinforced with learnings from many other famous authors including Robert Greenleaf, Douglas McGregor, Daniel Pink, Kim Scott and others...
Dear Kiron
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

The more I read other authors, the more I consider that the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People address all these themes proposed by other authors.
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Sep 13, 2019 7:23 PM
Replying to Sam Bob
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My opinion may be worth no merit to this discussion as compared to the individuals in this discussion my credentials, and overall experience is tremendously off par. However, with my experience with books, How to Win Friends & Influence People, and 7 effective habits have been life changing for me, with regards to dealing with people in everyday life, and transitioning from my old scripts and paradigms to a completely rejuvenated way of interacting with people, and external forces.
Dear Binyaameen
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

We have a very similar opinion regarding the impact that the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People had on our lives.
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Sep 14, 2019 2:05 AM
Replying to Alok Priyadarshi
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Definitely 7 habits of very effective people is one of the great book every PM should have for improvement of their soft skills, among the many other great books. I agree with Kiron & Gori!!
Dear Alok
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.

We have a very similar opinion regarding the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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