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

Recognized as one of Time magazine's twenty-five most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey (1932-2012) was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. After receiving an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University, he became the cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, a leading global training firm.

Sean Covey is a global education leader, business executive, bestselling author, and keynote speaker with a passion for helping people and organizations unlock their potential. As President of FranklinCovey. Education, he leads the worldwide implementation of Leader in Me(R), a whole-school transformation model that is now in more than eight thousand schools across more than seventy countries. A #1 Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author, Sean has sold over 10 million copies of his books, including The Leader in Me, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, and The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and is used by students, schools, and organizations across the globe.

Muriel Summers, from the minute she stepped into the classroom, has always viewed teaching as a calling. As a principal, she twice guided her school, A.B. Combs Elementary in Raleigh, North Carolina, to being named the top magnet school of America. The school also became the original leadership school featured in FranklinCovey's Leader in Me. The vision and strategies she and her remarkable staff developed are now being replicated in over 7,000 schools and more than fifty countries. She bears the honor of having received several awards, including teacher of the year, principal of the year, and an honorary doctorate. She was awarded the William and Ida Friday award for Leadership in Innovation, The Order of the Long Leaf Pine given by the Governor of North Carolina (the state's highest honor given to a North Carolinian), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Award for Leadership in Education, and the Ralph Kimmel Award, North Carolina's highest honor for principals. She now serves as the Global Ambassador for the Leader in Me and keynotes at conferences across the US and abroad.

Dr. David K. Hatch earned a bachelor's in psychology from California State University, Long Beach, and a doctorate in social-organizational psychology from Brigham Young University. His work in schools began at a public school for students with special learning needs. He then taught for the University of Maryland's European Division in Germany, prior to working in corporate education with Dr. Stephen R. Covey. His consulting work has taken him to over forty countries, and his leadership workshops and assessments have been utilized by more than a million leaders.