The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child At a Time

by Stephen R. Covey

Book Overview

From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey illustrates how his principles of leadership can be applied to children of all ages. In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439103267
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The Leader in Me

Stephen Covey illustrates the great things that can happen in an elementary school when the focus is on giving students important life skills. He describes how many schools from all over the world are infusing the 7 habits into their learning culture. The book is inspirational and encourages hope in these difficult times.

Awesome!

I'm looking forward to implementing this into my 5th grade classroom. An extremely motivating book!

A Mother's Perspective

If you, as a parent, teacher, or mentor, are interested in fostering your child's growth in every aspect, then this book is incredibly helpful in doing so. The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child At a Time has real-life examples of case studies, such as the focus on A.B. Combs Elementary with over 800 students who represent 58 countries and 27 languages. With the strategy of "Developing Leaders One Child at a Time" they based their principles in both the 7 Habits and the Baldrige Program (see: http://www.baldrige.nist.gov/). In this book there are implementable ideas for not only teachers and programs of involvement and leadership for children, but ways as a parent you could come up with similar practices at home and with the family doing outreach and community projects. In the "Aligning for Success" chapter, you find practices taught to the children and many acronyms for education. If you read Malcolm Gladwell's most recent book Outliers: The Story of Success some of these things will sound familiar to you already. In the "Unleashing a Culture of Leadership" chapter, you'll see some ideas of traditions to incorporate, like: Leadership Day, Inaugural Ball, International Festival, Silver-Tray Luncheon, Service Projects and Celebrate Success Day. There are, of course, a lot of evidence from other schools who incorporate the 7 Habits into their curriculum and the stats provided, and a lot of talk about the 7 Habits. If you are interested in the 7 Habits, I'd highly recommend the Unabridged CD series to listen to in your car- Covey relates many stories and applications as both a parent and professional. It is easy to implement and honestly, it changed my perspective and practices personally. Here it is: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Unabridged Audio Program). As a parent, it is easily relatable, moreso than the book from that direction. I'd ask you to think about purchasing the CDs before even reading the book- the book can get a bit technical and lose people who flip through it the first time- whereas the CDs have interesting stories, elaborated details on each Habit, and are orated by Covey himself. In chapter 8, "Making It Happen, One Step at a Time", covers The 4 Imperatives of Leadership: Inspire Trust, Clarify Purpose, Align Systems, and Unleash Talent. In the last chapter, "Bringing it Home", you will find a treasure trove on the 2 pages (216, 217) of the 7 Habits and bulletpoints of how to implement them into your life. The Leader in Me is truly a great resource for parents, in addition to teachers, school administration, mentors, parent helpers and Sunday Schools/church children's ministries. Covey does a phenomenal job of laying out the foundation and ideals, in addition to providing many applicable ways to do start right away.

Every parent must read

I picked up this book in a Toronto book store. I started reading and could not stop!! This book is eye opening to what a real child's education should be all about. I am so excited and looking forward to incorporating these principles in my daughters's daily routine.

The Best Book of Covey in Years Since First Things First

This is a great book about institutionalizing 7 Habits in Kindergartens and Primary schools. It is far better written than Living the 7 Habits, the 8Th Habit, and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, since this is a real case book on how the 7 Habits paradigm was applied in teaching leadership to kids. The book is well written because it is written in plain English and less pretentious than Covey's the 8Th habit (which is poorly written and filled with theoretical jargons). Covey shows a lot of passion in educating future kids with correct principles that ignite their "primary greatness" like integrity, honesty, and responsibility. Many schools these days focus on developing kids' competence in many academic subjects, but not necessarily developing their character. This book is not only a good read for parents, teachers, and educators, but also for 7 habits lovers. Looking forward to reading more books written by Covey on 7 Habits real case histories and applications in the real world, especially in the business setting. Many of his previous books are too theoretical and focusing purely on principles (Living the 7 Habits is more like a "customer testimonials" book which is too much of a PR exercise!). This book certainly helps Covey break new ground in his book authoring approach.