Put First Things First For an organization to work effectively and efficiently, business leaders must possess good interpersonal and communication skills. The presentation style of managers must be different from others and it must be able to sell itself in public. Stephen Covey describes in his book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" the particular situation we find ourselves in and gives us ways to get out of it and find our own path to the desired goal. The third habit is that we do first things first, which means we must learn to differentiate between what is important and what is urgent. Building relationships and delegating within an organization remains one of the primary goals of an effective business leader. However, the manager must have the ability to distinguish between important things and urgent things, if he wants to improve the quality of team-based organizations. (1) Managers who effectively apply their interpersonal and communication skills are cooperative members of the groups in which they participate. The importance and urgency of a situation depends on time management, an essential factor in developing interpersonal and communication skills, in Stephen Covey's third habit. Habit is knowing how to organize our time based on priorities. Urgent tasks have short-term consequences, while important tasks are those that have long-term, goal-related implications. Work on reducing the urgent things you need to do so you have time for your important priorities. Marking or highlighting items on your to-do list or attaching a deadline to each item can help prevent important items from becoming urgent emergencies.(2) So, the main reason for time management is to structure one's life and, therefore, to ...... middle of document ...... in mind and will work to improve the performance of the organization, building relationships with good interpersonal skills and of communication. Thus, the fact that Stephen Covey's third habit of putting first things first is undoubtedly a favorable habit that favors business leaders in improving their interpersonal and communication skills, which in the long run , creates strong relational ties within or outside an organization. , which helps improve team-based organizations effectively. References 1. Stephen Covey, Seven Habits. Aps BC + PM. Retrieved from the website http://www.bcpm.dk/coveyen2.htm on June 5, 2003. 2. Thirteen timely tips for more effective management of personal time. Retrieved from http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/homemgt/nf172.htm on June 5, 2003. 3. Dave Hall. Business studies. International edition.