We are spiritual beings having a human experience," Covey said.Īccording to the AP, after Seven Habits, Covey went on to write three other books that each sold more than a million copies. "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. 'We want to take this to the whole world.'"ĭuring one presentation in 1994, Covey got that message across by quoting French Jesuit philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. "'We believe that organizational behavior is individual behavior collectivized,' Covey says. "What Covey teaches is this: To do well you must do good, and to do good you must first be good," Fortune reported. Covey, the magazine reports, believed that humans could do their best by achieving a moral transformation.
"Covey's management post at BYU led to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which launched a second career as management guru for companies and government agencies, among them Saturn, Ritz Carlton, Proctor & Gamble, Sears Roebuck and Co., NASA, Black & Decker, Public Broadcasting Service, Amway, American Cancer Society and the Internal Revenue Service.Ĭovey's book is perhaps best summarized by a 1994 profile from Fortune Magazine.
"He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Utah, an MBA from Harvard University and a doctorate from Brigham Young University. The Salt Lake Tribune gives us a bit of his biography:
In a statement, the family said Covey died due the "residual effects" of a biking accident he suffered in April. Stephen Covey, whose book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People became a seminal guide to leadership, died this morning.
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