Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses

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• If you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals.

  

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  • Business
  • Success