4DX Keynote 5.07.13

Back by popular demand, Chris McChesney, FranklinCovey’s Global Execution Practice Leader and best-selling author of The 4Disciplines of Execution, is coming to DFW (Embassy Suites - Frisco) for an Execution Keynote with area leaders on the morning of May 7^th.

Executing a strategy that requires a change in human behavior is probably THE biggest challenge a leader will face.  FranklinCovey has developed a proven leadership process known as 4DX, designed to help leaders execute behaviorchange strategy.  After 10 years of helping over a thousand intact teams execute key strategic goals, this process has now become a best-selling book and is the fastest growing practice at FranklinCovey today.

Make sure you don’t miss this keynote event as we expect it to sell out!  Click on the links below to learn more about The 4 Disciplines of Execution.

4DX Overview Videowith Chris McChesney

INTROTO THE BOOK

 

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Call 214-387-9960 to register or inquire further.

Learn more about our results online: www.the4disciplinesofexecution.com

Speed of Trust Keynote Frisco 4.10.13

Click here to register to see Stephen M. R. Covey live in Frisco on April 10! Seats are selling out fast! Make sure to register for this event before the seats are gone! Can't attend the live date? Click here to register for a live webcast facilitated by Stephen. More details below...
Join New York Times bestselling author, Stephen M. R. Covey, as he discusses how raising trust from an often ignored asset to a strategic advantage will help you lower costs, speed results and increase profits. Learn how simple and scalable Speed of Trust processes can: Increase employee engagement Develop world-class teams with increased collaboration and innovation Drive culture change Lead successful mergers and acquisitions About the Keynote Stephen's presentation will extend beyond a dialogue of trust as a soft, social virtue, and give leaders a greater vision of trust as a measurable, strategic advantage. He will present the following three big ideas: Trust has an economic impact. Trust is the #1 competency of leaders. Trust is a learnable skill. Reserve your seat today. Join us at the Embassy Suites in Frisco Wednesday, April 10 from 8:30 a.m. - noon. Click here to register at a discounted rate of $49 per person.  $29 per person for teams of 5 or more. For questions or to be invoiced, contact: John Vakidis, 214.387.9960 john.vakidis@franklincovey.com Unable to attend your local event? Consider attending a live one-hour webinar instead. See our complete schedule and register for a webinar at a discounted rate of $49 per person or group pricing of $29 per person (five or more), by visiting www.franklincovey.com/trusttour. STEPHEN M. R. COVEY Stephen M. R. Covey is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, and is a sought-after advisor on trust, leadership, ethics, and high performance. Stephen is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which, under his stewardship, became the largest leadership- development company in the world. He led the strategy that propelled his father's book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to be one of the two most influential business books of the 20th century, according to Chief Executive magazine. Stephen has been featured on CNN, and in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Week and many other publications.
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Leading at the Speed of Trust - Dec 3-4 2012

Leading at the Speed of Trust Executive Retreat

Two-Day Training Workshop - Dec 3-4

1-day LIVE Certification Event - Dec 5

(Robert Redford's Sundance Resort, UT) 

During this 2-day course, leaders learn the career-critical leadership skills necessary to impact performance within their organization.  They learn how leveraging trust as a competency dramatically lowers costs and increases profits and influence.  The course significantly enhances leadership capabilities by teaching participants to master The 4 Cores of Credibility™ and The 13 Behaviors of High Trust™, and how to model them on a daily basis.

Participants are engaged in case studies and activities based in their current work – not on theoretical examples or academic models.  Leaders focus on increasing the speed and magnitude of their individual and organizational results by improving trust and increasing influence with their key stakeholders.  In addition, the workshop provides ample opportunity to collaborate in a discussion with other leaders sharing different perspectives and solutions to common organizational trust issues.

The workshop is based on years of organizational leadership and research.  The course is centered on an in-depth analysis of the principles taught from The Speed of Trust™ - a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller by Stephen M. R. Covey.

 

 

Learn more about this program and the tools used that help leaders achieve a new mind-set, skill-set and tool-set around creating a culture of Trust.  Click here now.

If you would like to register for this program, please contact your regional business partner, John Vakidis at 214-387-9960 or by email.

 

“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”  — Stephen R. Covey

 

 

Creating a Culture of Execution 11.29.12 Dallas

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RSVP Required

The 4 Disciplines of Execution Book Tour

 

Download your invitation for Frisco, TX on October 2nd

 

 

Download your invitation for Oklahoma City, OK on October 3rd.

As of today’s post, these events are almost full and only 2 weeks away!  Follow this link to download an introduction to our newest best seller, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, by Chris McChesney, Sean Covet and Jim Huling.

If you are a leader located in the DFW or Oklahoma, make sure you and your peers don’t miss this event.  This will be our biggest and best event of 2012!  Contact me to register today!

Let FranklinCovey become your competitive advantage in 2013 and beyond!

John Vakidis

Speed of Trust Introductory Videos

In Stephen M.R. Covey’s best-selling book, The Speed of Trust, he explains that TRUST is the one thing, that affects everything. 

Take a moment to watch Stephen explain how Trust is the Performance Multiplier for Business, how Trust affects Change and Employee Engagement. 



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If you would like to learn more about The Speed of Trust and partnering with FranklinCovey, contact me today about setting up an appointment with your Client Partner.

Trust - The Performance Multiplier

Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining 40 of our clients in Oklahoma for an executive overview titled, Creating a Culture of Trust.  Our Regional Speed of Trust Practice Leader, Donna Burnette, explained to these leaders how trust directly impacts speed and cost inside a team or organization.

Based on the best-selling book, The Speed of Trust, by Stephen M.R. Covey, Donna explained, if trust is low in your organization, it works like a tax.  It costs your organization more money to do the same type of work that high-trust organizations don’t have to pay.  When trust is high, it works like a dividend.  It speeds up everything your organization is working on which ultimately helps increase your bottom line. See the photos below for the formula explanation.

Trust is the performance multiplier in your organization.  Donna further explained how Trust directly affects employee engagement, the success of a merger, partnering with stakeholders, innovation within teams and more.

Trust is the key leadership competency needed today!  If your team is not performing at optimal levels, consider learning more about our Speed of Trust Process.  Seats are still available for our next executive overview on September 18^th in Dallas.  Contact me for details.

Increasing trust one organization at a time,

John R. Vakidis

Solving the Execution Challenge

A little over a decade ago, our CEO, Bob Whitman, was meeting with his executive coach, Ram Charan.  They had a conversation that went something like this…

Bob: “Ram, what do you think is the next big thing for FranklinCovey?” 

Ram: “Bob, the biggest challenge of the 21^st century is no doubt going to be execution!  If FranklinCovey can boil execution down to a few basic principles like you did for 7 Habits with individual effectiveness, you’ll hit the mark.”

So after a ton of money and research, we confirmed what Ram had to say.  Over the last decade by working with nearly a thousand implementations, our Global Execution Practice Leader and his consultant team has perfected a management process for executing strategy, known as, The 4 Disciplines of Execution. 

Clickhere to watch a 16-minute introductory video narrated by Chris McChesney.

Chris not only leads our Execution Practice across the world, but he also is a best-selling author.  His new book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution is flying off shelves.  It has become a best-seller with the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and has received a ton of praise in the business community. 

Downloadan introduction to the book here.

If you have never heard Chris speak on the subject of Strategic Goal Execution, you’re missing out.  Chris is probably one of the most knowledgeable people on the planet on the subject and he is a funny and dynamic speaker.  You can go purchase Chris’s book at the book store for $28 or you can join other leaders in your area for one of his book tour-keynote events this year ($29 each for groups of 5 or more / $49 for individuals).

 

If you would be interested in letting FranklinCovey help you solve your execution challenge, let’s talk!  We are helping organizations achieve amazing results like these and I am 100% CONFIDENT we can enable your organization to execute bettwe and increase your employee engagement through the process.

Giving organizations the competitive advantage,

John Vakidis

Speed of Trust Results

Yesterday, I attended a keynote with over 100 DFW leaders to hear best-selling author, Stephen M.R. Covey deliver his message on Leading at the Speed of Trust.  Stephen started the morning with his story about how he went fly fishing several years ago.  He explained how he couldn’t see the fish in the stream until he put on a pair of polarized sunglasses.  Once he had them on, he could see fish… a lot of fish.  He related this to trust in the simple explanation of our paradigms.  Trust is everywhere.  Until we “put on the glasses to see it”, we might not see it either.  Watch the video below narrated by Stephen for a further explanation.

During yesterday’s keynote, participants got to sample our Speed of Trust Cards that we use when delivering training for clients (see samples below).  These cards provide a detailed description of The 4 Cores of Credibility and the 13 Behaviors of a High Trust Leader.  They set clear definitions for each of the cores and behaviors.  They also define the counterfeits for each behavior so that participants can recognize the difference.

When our clients apply The Speed of Trust Process to their organization and make it a part of their culture, they typically see Spectacular Results!  We have several client testimonials, but one of the most well-known client videos we have is from Frito Lay. 

Take a moment to watch this video now

Frito Lay has trained well over 40,000 employees over the last 5 years with this content and has made our Speed of Trust Process part of the way they do business.  They have used this process not only with employees and leaders, but with their external partners, too. 

Clients are using this process to help in a variety of ways:

·         Increase Employee Engagement

·         Improving Mergers and Acquisitions (pre and post)

·         Enable Change Management

·         and more …

If you are interested in learning more about the Speed of Trust Jobs to Be Done and how this PROCESS might impact your business, I suggest setting up a 30-minute call with your FranklinCovey Client Partner.  Consider using the Meeting Request Calendar on the top right of this page or contact me directly.

For those of you in charge of training, consider joining us for a webinar on n February 23^rd.  We will be discussing more client results like Frito Lay.  CLICK HERE to learn more and register now.

Remember this… “Nothing is as fast as The Speed of Trust.” - Stephen M.R. Covey

Your trusted partner,

John Vakidis

PS - Follow this link to download an executive book summary of The Speed of Trust.

Trust - The Key to Confidence

This week’s post comes to you as one of a three-part series.  Dr. Todd Wangsgard, a FranklinCovey Consultant, elaborates on Trust as the Key to Confidence.  Enjoy! ______________________________________________________________

Leadership at the Speed of Trust

A three-part series by Dr. Todd Wangsgard

Leadership and Trust – Keyword: “Confidence”

(Part 1 of 3)

 

Author of The Speed of Trust, , defines trust as “confidence born of the character and competence of an individual or organization.” This simple yet complete definition of an otherwise squishy subject takes into account both the feel-good side of trust in character as well as the practical side of one’s reliability in competence. Both character and competence lend confidence to those who would consider following any leader. And more than ever before, trust (or confidence) is sought after by an increasingly globally savvy audience of human beings who see the impact that geo-political activities are having on their individual well-being.



SMRC (as we affectionately call the author at FranklinCovey) also boldly asserts that, “trust is the key competency of the new global economy.” Again, as you replace “trust” in that sentence with “confidence,” one can see how the currency of trust is not just a “nice-to-have,” but rather an absolute imperative for leadership effectiveness under any circumstances. It is key, because without it, business plans, corporate promises, financial metrics and reports all come under the scrutiny of one question: “Yes, but what should we believe?”

The Speed of Trust book and classroom experience offer several models of thinking to better understand and define trust that breaks the subject down into understandable water cooler discussions. The Four Cores of Self Trust that subdivide Character into one’s integrity and intent and Competence into capabilities and results. The Five Waves of Trust that any leader must assess and develop within, including Self Trust, Relationship Trust, Organizational (or team) Trust, Market Trust, and Societal Trust. The 13 Behaviors of High Trust, including Talk Straight, Create Transparency, Right Wrongs, Get Better and nine others.  (Click here to learn how The Speed of Trust Process works).

I recently worked with a successful CEO in the manufacturing and fulfillment business who has truly lived out the kind of trustworthy behavior described by SMRC. He has worked side-by-side (while the CEO) with frontline employees on the manufacturing line to learn what they do and to help keep costs down during a recent recession (Show Loyalty, Deliver Results, Confront Reality, Practice Accountability). He has made an effort to get to know every single employee in the company and remembers to send them a hand-written birthday greeting each year (Demonstrate Respect, Show Loyalty). While announcing a 15% pay cut for himself, he asked all exempt associates to accept a 7½% pay cut to help off-set their losses or agree to termination with a 3-months’ salary severance package (at their higher rate of pay). No one left and all were subsequently rewarded with “back-pay” on their lost wages after a couple successful intervening years and given a sizeable bonus (Talk Straight, Create Transparency, Show Loyalty, Get Better, Keep Commitments).

The confidence that Stephen writes about and that I’ve witnessed in industry over the past 25+ years starts with a leader who has genuine confidence in himself or herself and in the associates who choose to follow. Give them a leader they can trust (the Self Trust wave) and you have a foundation upon which you will build lasting relationships, enormously successful organizations, and a brand that generates intense loyalty and growth.
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Do you want to learn more about Dr. Todd Wangsgard and the offerings he can facilitate for your organization?  Then follow this link to read his bio.  If you would be interested in visiting with Todd by phone, then please contact me to set up a meeting with Todd and your FranklinCovey Client Partner.  Check in next Friday as Todd brings you Part 2 to this series.

Helping build confidence in organizations - one at a time!

Sincerely,

John Vakidis

Associate Client Partner | FranklinCovey

214.387.9960 | john.vakidis@franklincovey.com

PS - Are you interested in learning how to leverage trust in your organization?  Consider joining us in Dallas to hear best-selling author, Stephen M.R. Covey deliver his Speed of Trust Keynote on Feb 16, 2012.  Special pricing avaialble for groups of 10 or more.  Ask me about how to get a free seat!