Stephen Covey

Stephen Richards Covey earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a doctorate from Brigham Young University, where he taught business management and organizational behavior. In 1987, he established the Covey Leadership Center in Utah.

In 1989, Covey published 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People', contrasting superficial personality ethics with foundational character ethics centered on universal principles like fairness, integrity, and proactive human dignity. The book spent 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was named the most influential business book of the 20th century.