Today is our last day of school—hooray! My family travels to Denton, Texas to hear my niece’s Valedictory address for Guyer High School’s commencement ceremonies.
So, I’d like to focus on leadership skills taught in today’s classroom. Let’s start by turning the clock back 25 years when Dr. Stephen R. Covey wrote, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic. (Note that my last blog post was “Got Character?”) Covey’s book went on to be named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the 20th Century. It’s still taught in boardrooms, government, and academia. Ten years after the book’s release, Dr. Covey was approached about teaching those principles in the classroom…even starting with elementary students. He felt it could be done…
In 2008, he published results of this movement. As Covey explains, “Parents around the world see the change and know that the traditional three R’s — reading, writing, and arithmetic — are necessary, but not enough. Their children need to become far more responsible, creative, and tolerant of differences. They need to increase their ability to think for themselves, take initiative, get along with others, and solve problems.”
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