Covey shares perspectives on leadership with CoC delegates.(author Stephen Covey addresses the 2002 Congress of Cities conference)
Nation's Cities Weekly, December, 2002 by Hogan, Cyndy Liedtke
Humility and willpower are two of the keys to leadership and leading well, according to Stephen Covey, author of `The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and co-founder and vice chairman of Franklin-Covey, during a speech at the Congress of Cities in Salt Lake City.
Covey spoke about how he was inspired by the humility and willpower of Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, who received the American City and County Municipal Leader of the Year award prior to Covey's keynote speech.
I suggest that leadership is fundamentally moral authority, not formal authority," Covey said. "Management is formal authority"
Moral authority comes from people who are principle-centered, and build principle-centered teams. The first role of leadership is model of...
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