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    This document outlines eight characteristics of principle-centered leaders based on Stephen Covey's book. The characteristics are: [1] continually learning, [2] service-oriented, [3] radiating positive energy, [4] believing in other people, [5] leading balanced lives, [6] seeing life as an adventure, [7] being synergistic, and [8] exercising for self-renewal. Principle-centered leaders strive to improve themselves and provide inspiration to others.

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    This document outlines eight characteristics of principle-centered leaders based on Stephen Covey's book. The characteristics are: [1] continually learning, [2] service-oriented, [3] radiating positive energy, [4] believing in other people, [5] leading balanced lives, [6] seeing life as an adventure, [7] being synergistic, and [8] exercising for self-renewal. Principle-centered leaders strive to improve themselves and provide inspiration to others.

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    This document outlines eight characteristics of principle-centered leaders based on Stephen Covey's book. The characteristics are: [1] continually learning, [2] service-oriented, [3] radiating positive energy, [4] believing in other people, [5] leading balanced lives, [6] seeing life as an adventure, [7] being synergistic, and [8] exercising for self-renewal. Principle-centered leaders strive to improve themselves and provide inspiration to others.

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    Eight Characteristics of Principle Centered Leaders

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    This document outlines eight characteristics of principle-centered leaders based on Stephen Covey's book. The characteristics are: [1] continually learning, [2] service-oriented, [3] radiating positive energy, [4] believing in other people, [5] leading balanced lives, [6] seeing life as an adventure, [7] being synergistic, and [8] exercising for self-renewal. Principle-centered leaders strive to improve themselves and provide inspiration to others.

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    The key takeaways are that the passage discusses the eight characteristics of principle centered leaders which are: continually learning, service oriented, radiating positive energy, believing in other people, leading balanced lives, seeing life as an adventure, being synergistic, and exercising self renewal.

    The eight characteristics of principle centered leaders are: continually learning, service oriented, radiating positive energy, believing in other people, leading balanced lives, seeing life as an adventure, being synergistic, and exercising self renewal.

    It means that principle centered people are constantly educated by their experiences through reading, seeking training, taking classes, listening to others, and learning through their ears and eyes. They are curious and always asking questions as they continually expand their competence and ability to do things.

    Eight Characteristics of

    Principle centered Leaders

    1
    A Leadership series

    2
    Inspiration from
    Stephen R Covey’s book
    Principle Centered Leadership

    3
    From the research it is observe
    that people have eight
    discernible characteristics who
    are principle centered leaders

    4
    These traits not only characterize
    effective leaders, they also serve as
    signs of progress for all of us.

    5
    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They are continually • They Lead balanced


    Learning lives
    • They are Service • They see Life as an
    oriented adventure
    • They Radiate positive • They are Synergistic
    energy • They exercise for Self
    • They believe in Other Renewal
    people

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They are continually Learning


    Principle centered people are constantly educated by
    their experiences. They read, the seek training, they
    take classes, they listen to other they learn through
    both their ears and their eyes. They are curious and
    always asking questions. They continually expand their
    competence, their ability to do things.

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They are Service oriented

    Those striving to be principle centered see life as a


    mission, not as a career. Their nurturing sources have
    armed and prepared them for service. In effect, every
    morning they “ yoke up” and put on the harness of
    service, thinking of others.

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They Radiate positive energy

    The countenances of principle centered people are


    cheerful, pleasant, happy, their attitude is optimistic,
    positive, upbeat. Their spirit is enthusiastic, hopeful,
    believing.

    This positive energy is like an energy field or an aura


    that surrounds them and that similarly charges of
    changes weaker, negative energy field around them.

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They believe in Other people

    They don’t overreact to negative behaviors, criticism,


    or human weaknesses. They don’t feel built up when
    they discover the weakness of others. They believe in
    the unseen potential of all people. They feel graceful
    for their blessings and feel naturally to compassionately
    forgive and forget the offenses of others.

    10
    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They Lead balanced lives

    They read the best literature and magazine and keep


    up with current affairs and events They are active
    socially, having many friends and few confidants. They
    are active intellectually, having many interests. They
    observe and learn within the limit of age and health.
    They have healthy sense of humor, particularly
    laughing at themselves and not at other’s expense.

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They see Life as an adventure

    Principle centered people savor life, their security lies


    in their initiative, resourcefulness, creativity, willpower,
    courage, stamina and native intelligence rather than in
    the safety, protection and abundance of their home
    camps, of their comfort zones.

    They rediscover people each time they meet them.

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They are Synergistic

    Synergy is the state in which the whole is more than


    the sum of the parts. They are change catalysts. They
    improve almost any situation they get into. They work
    as smart as they work hard. They are amazingly
    productive, but in new and creative ways.

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    • They exercise for Self Renewal

    They regularly exercise the four dimension of the


    human personality: Physical, mental, emotional and
    spiritual.

    They exercise their minds through reading, creative


    problem solving, writing and visualizing, emotionally
    they make an effort to be patient.

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    Eight Characteristics of Centered Leaders

    Final thought

    Those principals of self renewal will gradually produce


    a strong and healthy character with a powerfully
    disciplined, service focused will.

    Thank you

    amirsaiftaz@gmail.com

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