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Author Stephen Covey Tells Long Beach, Calif., Firms to Form Clear Goals.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004
By Don Jergler, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 12--LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Less than half of American workers are committed to their company's goals, and the main reason for that is many workers don't even know what those goals are, according to a survey by FranklinCovey, a time management company.
Such statistics drove discussions at a two-day planning conference aboard the Queen Mary on Thursday and Friday that included an address from Stephen R. Covey, vice chairman of FranklinCovey and author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People."
"The most fundamental business issue facing organizations today is execution whether or not an organization achieves its goals," Covey said. "There is...
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