Leadership Theories

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The paper summarizes, analyzes, and compares seven business books. These include "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey, "First Break All The Rules" by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, "Who Moved My Cheese" by Spencer Johnson, "The One Minute Manager" by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, "Raving Fans" by Kenneth Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, "Fish!" by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen and "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. The paper notes the common theme of leadership theories for successful managers.

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"The book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" was originally published in 1990. It was a groundbreaking book at the time and it is still a bestseller. Over 10 million copies of the book have been sold and this would indicate that it is still a very important book when dealing with business life. Stephen Covey, the author of the book, is respected as a leader all around the world and puts into his book the concepts of both professional and personal effectiveness. He believes that true success can only be found by balancing these two issues and the seven habits of highly effective people indicates how individuals can do better not just in their professional life but in their personal life as well."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Blanchard, K. & Bowles, S. (1993). Raving fans. New York: William Morrow.
• Blanchard, K. & Johnson, S. (1983). The one minute manager. New York: Berkeley Trade.
• Buckingham, M. & Coffman, C. (1999). First, break all the rules. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• Collins, J. (2001). Good to great. New York: Collins.
• Covey, S.R. (2004). The seven habits of highly effective people. New York: Free Press.

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