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Culture
22nd November 2023
- 5 min read
Trusted Communication Changes Everything
Trust is the currency of effective relationships, both personal and professional. It’s the invisible force that propels people and companies toward success.
Sales
22nd November 2023
- 4 min read
Biggest Selling Mistake? Overwhelming The Buyer. Here’s How To Keep It Simple.
Too many sellers foolishly focus on their memorized pitch at the expense of the buyer’s specific wants.
Leadership | Sales
22nd November 2023
- 4 min read
Sales Managers Can Have A More Predictable, Successful, Low-Stress Job By Doing This One Thing
Sales manager is a stressful job at many companies, but it becomes even tougher when the job focuses too much on “sales” and not enough on “manager.”
Leadership | Strategy Execution
22nd November 2023
- 4 min read
Here Are The 5 Keys To Superior Sales Leadership
Many new sales leaders will be thrust into a management role with little to no coaching or training.
Culture | Leadership | Strategy Execution
8th November 2023
- 6 min read
Trust: The Critical Driver of Agility
Trust is not just a desirable attribute in an agile organisation – it is a non-negotiable prerequisite. Here’s why.
Culture
18th October 2023
- 7 min read
Reinforce Your Culture: Four Ways to Cultivate Employee Recognition
With employees, you what you give. To future-proof your business success, learn four actionable ways to build a culture of recognition.
Leadership
30th September 2023
- 7 min read
To Improve Employee Engagement, Be Fanatical About Development
Explore the inextricable link between employee development and employee engagement to uncover the leadership behaviours which retain talent.
Strategy Execution
13th September 2023
- 8 min read
Genius Strategies Fail Without These Four Principles
Successful strategic roadmaps need people to start thinking and behaving differently, which isn’t easy. Here’s how The 4 Disciplines of Execution makes it happen.
Individual Effectiveness
26th June 2023
- 1 min read
The Progress Principle
Watch senior consultant Tim Threipland in a bitesize reflection on why of all the things that can boost emotions, motivations and perceptions during a workday, the most important is making progress in meaningful work.
Leadership
26th February 2023
- 6 min read
Business Needs Leaders Who Are Storytellers
Connect to a vision. Create meaning. Share the why. Business-speak for: tell a story. To foster buy-in and inspire action, adopt storytelling as a leadership competency.
Individual Effectiveness
21st February 2023
- 7 min read
Apprenticeships Are Vital, But Are They Delivering Their Full Potential?
Despite their popularity, there’s a sticking point preventing apprenticeships from fulfilling their potential. The solution starts with behaviour.
Leadership
3rd February 2023
- 1 min read
Who Rocked the Boat: A Conversation with Change Expert Curtis Bateman
Listen to FranklinCovey VP and Change Expert, Curtis Bateman as he dives into the roles of leadership in navigating through the predictable pattern- yes, there is one!- of change.
Leadership
26th January 2023
- 8 min read
Why Adaptability in Leadership Is Everything
Adaptability is key to effective leadership, but this means more than being resilient. Here’s why adaptability is everything.
Individual Effectiveness
11th January 2023
- 9 min read
Currents in the Stream
Stephen R. Covey shares how a “changeless core” helps us flow with the changes of an ever-shifting world without being at the mercy of them.
Culture | Leadership
6th January 2023
- 12 min read
Want to Tackle Top HR Priorities in 2023? Take a Look At Your Employees’ Wish Lists
Want to understand the greatest levers for driving retention and satisfaction? Look at the top HR priorities from the employee’s point of view.
Individual Effectiveness
3rd January 2023
- 3 min read
Breaking Deeply Embedded Habits
The best resolutions fall flat in the face of external forces without character and principles. Stephen R. Covey reveals why we build habits which easily break.
Individual Effectiveness
8th December 2022
- 5 min read
Give Yourself the Gift of Gratitude
Practicing gratitude doesn’t to trivialise hardships, but puts us in charge of them. Discover the power of incorporating gratitude into your lives as individuals and as leaders.
Leadership
7th December 2022
- 5 min read
Beyond Survival: How Persistence (Not Resilience) is Aligned with Success
Resilience. Have we lost sight of what it really means? Learn why it’s persistence which is critical to achieving success beyond mere survival.
Individual Effectiveness
29th November 2022
- 6 min read
Could Self-Interest Actually Be the Foundation for Greatness?
Are you operating with out-dated prejudices that aren’t relevant to the world we’re in today? Possibly. Rethink your biases around self-interest.
Culture
21st November 2022
- 9 min read
Connection is Central to Everything
A ‘culture of connection’ can feel elusive and inconclusive. What does it look like? Does it matter? Learn the impact of human connection, plus steps to prioritise it.
Leadership
10th November 2022
- 6 min read
The Language of Change
When change makes direction or destination less certain, language has to work a lot harder to keep people on track.
Culture | Leadership
8th November 2022
- 9 min read
Are My Remote Employees Actually Working?
Nothing is more damaging to remote workers than a lack of trust. Here’s how you keep your paranoia in check as a leader.
Individual Effectiveness
17th October 2022
- 1 min read
Roots Yield Fruits
Being principled is important, but it takes discipline in practice. Stephen R. Covey shares his personal struggle to stay ‘principle-centred’.
Individual Effectiveness | Leadership
30th September 2022
- 5 min read
Managing Stress Isn't Easy, But It Can Be Made Easier
We don’t live to work or work to live, we’re living at work. What does that mean for how we- as individuals and leaders- manage stress?
Culture
6th September 2022
- 9 min read
Disengagement in a ‘Quiet Quitting’ World: Why to Worry About It and How to Spot It
Finding ‘Quiet Quitting’ mystifying? Learn the early warning signs of disengagement and move employees from compliance to discretionary effort.
Individual Effectiveness
31st August 2022
- 3 min read
The Humility of Principles
Principles operate regardless of our awareness of them, or obedience to them. Stephen R. Covey explains why success is being principle-centred.
Culture | Leadership
24th June 2022
- 6 min read
Principles of Change for Upskilling Your Workforce
Upskilling means change for your organisation. Help your people choose growth and embrace collective behaviour change from the inside out.
Individual Effectiveness
13th June 2022
- 8 min read
How Learning to Be Assertive Helps Harness Our Personal Power
Assertiveness as a skill surged 250% in 2022, but it is still misunderstood. This blog illuminates the value of being more assertive at work.
Culture
20th May 2022
- 8 min read
Presenteeism in the Age of Hybrid Working
Do we know more about remote working in unprecedented circumstances than about hybrid working in more stable ones? Presenteeism says yes.
Culture | Leadership
10th May 2022
- 6 min read
Be Loyal to Those Absent
Being loyal to those who are absent is key to building a high-trust culture. Here Stephen R. Covey explores what that looks like in practice.
Individual Effectiveness
10th May 2022
- 2 min read
The Four Human Endowments
We have four unique human endowments: self-awareness, conscience, independent will, and creative imagination. How does that affect how we live?
Leadership
29th April 2022
- 7 min read
10 Leadership Myths Vs Realities
Debunking 10 leadership myths, this blog challenges common assumptions to reveal the real skills your team need from you.
Individual Effectiveness
20th April 2022
- 2 min read
Recruit and Retain Talent
Talent is the new killer app, and you’re losing yours. Everyone is, because leaders are complacent. Not in their recruitment—but in their retention.
Culture
5th April 2022
- 8 min read
Empathy is Essential. Compassion is a Superpower
Today people won’t tolerate being treated like a hire to control, not a human to connect with. Learn why compassion is a leader’s superpower.
Leadership
21st March 2022
- 6 min read
How Leaders Become Multipliers
Want to increase results with the same resources? Learn how to be a Multiplier leader who multiplies the genius and capacity of their team.
Culture | Individual Effectiveness
10th March 2022
- 9 min read
Four Things That Impact Productivity More Than Hours Worked
Discover the critical factors that impact productivity beyond the number of hours worked and help your employees work smarter- and happier.
Leadership
7th February 2022
- 3 min read
Examples of Servant Leaders
In this blog Stephen R. Covey shares examples of servant leaders who have inspired, motivated and unleashed him throughout his career.
Leadership
27th January 2022
- 7 min read
Are You Doing Enough to Help Your Team Manage Stress?
From combating toxic positivity and decision fatigue to fostering belonging, learn to authentically support your stressed team and prevent burnout.
Strategy Execution
24th January 2022
- 1 min read
3 Steps To Increase Ownership Of Goals
Are you a leader struggling to get your team to take ownership and accountability for their goals? Follow these three steps.
Culture
13th January 2022
- 6 min read
Foster a Growth Mindset Culture
Re and upskilling is the future, but are accidentally inhibiting your people from getting better? Cultivate a growth mindset that permeates your culture.
Leadership
5th January 2022
- 2 min read
The Most Undervalued Leadership Competency
Professional development is often focused on becoming more persuasive speakers and writers. Explore why listening is a vastly undervalued leadership competency.
Culture
20th December 2021
- 7 min read
The 12 Days Of Christmas Leave: What You Gain From Making Your Employees Take a Break
Guilty of failing to take your full holiday entitlement? Take a stand for work/life balance and see how prioritising annual leave benefits business.
Individual Effectiveness
13th December 2021
- 3 min read
Nurturing Our Unique Gifts
From nurturing self-awareness to developing creative imagination, here Stephen R. Covey shares how to develop the four things which make us human.
7th December 2021
- 1 min read
The Secret Strategy to Performing at Your Peak
Can you recall a ‘Peak Moment’ when you performed at your best? Challenge your thinking on what it takes to perform with excellence amidst adversity.
Leadership
3rd December 2021
- 7 min read
Is Insufficient Leadership Development Leading to Imposter Syndrome?
Don’t let your people fall prey to self-doubt. Learn the connection between insufficient leadership development and imposter syndrome.
Leadership | Strategy Execution
22nd November 2021
- 8 min read
How to Turn Uncertainty into Opportunity
Trying to turn uncertainty into opportunity? Discover proven strategies to engage employees, overcome discomfort and achieve results faster.
Leadership
11th November 2021
- 8 min read
Why True Success Happens When You Lead from the Sidelines
Being a remarkable leader requires going against high-performer instincts. Learn how leading from the side-lines increases your credibility.
Individual Effectiveness
3rd November 2021
- 8 min read
The Art of Apologising: How to Get it Right When You Get it Wrong
Apologies make or break relationships. Explore the impact of remote work, heightened emotions, and constant uncertainty on the art of apologising.
Culture | Leadership
25th October 2021
- 9 min read
The Great Resignation or The Great Leadership Wake-Up Call?
The Great Resignation was a wake-up call for leadership. Here’s how you turn an engagement crisis into a top employee experience and future-proof success.
Individual Effectiveness
20th October 2021
- 4 min read
Reconnecting to What We Value
What matters most to you? What would you like to do? Who would you like to be? Simple questions without easy answers. Reconnect to what you value.
Culture | Leadership
17th October 2021
- 3 min read
Thoughts on the Way Forward
The dynamic between what we know is possible and what is sustainable is delicate; and we all have opinions on what is best. Read the observations of an international leader and change expert.
Culture | Leadership
13th October 2021
- 6 min read
Why Leaders Need to Show the Way With Work-Life Balance
Discover the influence you have as a leader and why when it comes to fostering a positive, balanced work life, you must go first- for yours and others’ sake.
Leadership
11th October 2021
- 5 min read
The 13 Behaviours of High Trust
These 13 Behaviours are universal to high-trust leaders. Taken to the extreme however, these Behaviours do not build trust, they withdraw it.
Culture | Individual Effectiveness
7th October 2021
- 7 min read
How Are The Priorities of Learning and Development Evolving?
Gain valuable insights on upskilling and wellbeing, and explore how the role of people leaders has changed in a post-pandemic world.
Culture
6th October 2021
- 8 min read
Is Unconscious Bias a Hidden Adversary Within Your Business?
To be human is to be biased. Better understand the damaging impact of unconscious bias in business, and the practical strategies for addressing it head-on.
Leadership
5th October 2021
- 2 min read
6 Questions to Unlock a Coaching Mindset
Coaching is championed as a leadership competency. But, for it to truly become part of your daily actions, you must first address your mindset.
Individual Effectiveness
5th October 2021
- 4 min read
The 4 Cores of Credibility
Trust is a function of character and competence. You can quickly increase your credibility by adopting the four cores that are fundamental to it.
Leadership
4th October 2021
- 2 min read
6 Virtual Leadership Best Practices
A shortlist of virtual leadership practices to integrate into your morphing-by-the-hour leadership role and help your teams stay engaged.
Individual Effectiveness
1st October 2021
- 2 min read
Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw®
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw is the habit of self-renewal. When you sharpen the saw, you preserve and enhance the greatest asset you have – yourself.
Culture
29th September 2021
- 2 min read
8 Culture Building Questions That Every Leader and Team Member Must Answer
What’s the right first step to building a wining culture? Answer these 8 questions and then invite your team members to do the same.
Individual Effectiveness
28th September 2021
- 2 min read
Habit 6: Synergize®
Habit 6: Synergize is the true test and manifestation of all the other habits combined. Synergy means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Leadership
27th September 2021
- 6 min read
3 Things Every Leader Needs to Know About Trust- The #1 Leadership Competency
In an era when trust is hard to come by—and more important than ever- Stephen M.R Covey shares three fundamental truths about trust leaders must understand.
Individual Effectiveness
22nd September 2021
- 5 min read
6 Powerful Lessons From Stephen R. Covey and Hyrum Smith
Discover remarkable insights from productivity expert Hyrum Smith and Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
Individual Effectiveness
21st September 2021
- 1 min read
Habit 5: Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood®
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood involves a shift in paradigm. We typically seek first to be understood. But most people listen to reply.
Strategy Execution
20th September 2021
- Less than a minute reading
Execute in Uncertainty and Complexity
Learn from the author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution, Chris McChesney, as he discusses what a leadership team needs to do to navigate unnecessary complexity.
Individual Effectiveness
14th September 2021
- 1 min read
Habit 4: Think Win-Win®
Habit 4: Think Win-Win is not a technique; it’s one of the six paradigms of human interaction. It’s also the one we should all strive for.
Leadership
13th September 2021
- 3 min read
10 Ways to Talk Like a Leader
Want your direct reports to be positive team players? Then think carefully about how you talk to send the message “we’re all in this together”.
Individual Effectiveness
8th September 2021
- 2 min read
Habit 3: Put First Things First®
Habit 3: Put First Things First is the exercise of independent will toward becoming principle-centred.
Individual Effectiveness
6th September 2021
- 1 min read
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind®
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind means knowing where you are going in order to better understand where you are now so that the steps you take on track.
Individual Effectiveness
2nd September 2021
- 2 min read
Take Stock of Your Emotional Bank Accounts
You probably pay attention to your financial bank accounts, but are you overdrawn, or even bankrupt, in any of your emotional bank accounts?