In the industrial age, leadership was a position.
In the knowledge age, leadership is a choice.
Credit: Stephen R. Covey

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- Are Leaders Born or Made? Stephen R. Covey
- In the Space Between Stimulus and Response Lies Our Freedom to Choose Stephen Covey
- Listen with the Intent to Understand Not to Reply Stephen R. Covey
- Most People Think of Leadership as a Position Stephen R. Covey
- Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Stephen R. Covey
- Trust Is the Life-blood of an Organization Stephen R. Covey
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