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I know a few CEOs who are humble servant leaders - who sacrifice their pride and share their power - and I can say that their influence both inside and outside their companies is multiplied because of it.
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The great servant leaders have that humility, the hallmark of inner religion. Pride and selfishness will destroy the union between man and god, between man and woman, between man and man, between self and self. One thought came to me : "These two people must have a broken heart and a contrite spirit toward each other or this union will never last." You can't have a oneness, a unity, without humility. For example, I once observed a marriage where there were frequent arguments. I've come to believe that they require a broken heart and a contrite spirit - and that, for some, is the ultimate sacrifice. Habits 4, 5 and 6 - win-win interdependency, empathy, and synergy - require tremendous sacrifice. The principles of three of the Seven Habits pertain to how we deal with other people, how we serve them, how we sacrifice for them, how we contribute. But they are neither God-centered nor principle-centered. Instead they will be into outward observances and all the visible accoutrements of religion. If a church or religion is seen as just another hierarchical system, its members won't have a sense of service or inner workship. It takes sacrifice to serve the needs of other people - the sacrifice of our own pride and prejudice, among other things. There is no real walking with people or going the second mile or trying to deal with our social problems that may eventually undo our economic system.
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In other words, we go for the social facade of religion and the piety of religious practices. Without sacrifice we may become active in a church but remain inactive in its gospel. To learn more about Franklin Covey, visit their web-site at The Seven Habits will help you avoid these Seven Deadly Sins.Īnd if you don't buy into the Seven Habits, try the Ten Commandments. The Seven Habits and Principle-Centered Leadership are registered trademarks of Franklin Covey and are used with permission. Note also that the antidote of each of these "deadly sins" is an explicit external standard or something that is based on natural principles and laws, not on social values. Notice that all of them have to do with social and political conditions. Mahatma Gandhi said that seven things will destroy us.
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Their work in Principle Centered Leadership is considered to be an instrumental foundation to the effectiveness of quality, leadership, service, team building, organisational alignment and other strategic corporate initiatives. Franklin Covey provides consultancy services to Fortune 500 companies as well as thousand of small and mid-size companies, educational institutions, government and other organisations world-wide. Covey - one of the world's leading management consultants and author of the best selling book The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People - is co-chairman of Franklin Covey located in Salt Lake City, Utah in the U.S.A.