The High Cost of Low Trust with Stephen M.R. Covey

Leading at the "Speed of Trust" practices significantly lower costs and increased speed, profits and influence. In this fast paced and engaging presentation, Steven M. R. Covey dramatically demonstrates the leadership benefits of TRUST from the informed perspective of a CEO and teaches how to establish and grow a high-trust, high-performance organization.

TRUST, more important than VISION you ask? Yes! No matter how grand the vision, the high the cost of low trust can prevent you from reaching it profitably.

TRUST, more important than STRATEGY? Yes! While high trust can't make a poor strategy succeed, the high cost of low trust can derail an otherwise great strategy.

TRUST, more important than SYSTEMS and STRUCTURE you ask? Yes! No degree of re-engineering and quality control can overcome the sabotage and tax of a low trust culture.

TRUST, more important than SKILLS you ask? Yes! No matter how skilled a group, the high cost of low trust can disrupt their potential success. Nothing repels talent like a high control, low trust workplace.

We call it the "SPEED of TRUST". Leading at the SPEED of TRUST is both financially rewarding AND just plain fun and energizing.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize TRUST is measurable and a skill that can be both taught and learned.
• Improve speed and performance while increasing profitability.
• Listen first, keep commitments, and extend smart TRUST.
• Amplify the speed, impact and execution of all strategic imperatives.
• Make TRUST an explicit strength as a leader.
• Recognize and perform a TRUST Tax into a TRUST Dividend.

Presented by:

Stephen M. R. Covey is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which, under his stewardship, became the largest leadership development company in the world. Stephen personally led the strategy that propelled his father's book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to become one of the two most influential business books of the 20th Century, according to CEO Magazine.

As President & CEO, Stephen nearly doubled revenues while increasing profits by 12 times. During that period, the company expanded throughout the world into over 40 countries, greatly increasing the value of the brand and enterprise. The company was valued at $2.4 million when Stephen was named CEO and within three years he had grown shareholder value to $160 million in a merger he orchestrated with then Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey.

A Harvard MBA, Stephen recently co-founded his own boutique firm--CoveyLink--which is a learning and consulting practice focused on enabling leaders and organizations to increase and leverage trust to achieve superior performance. Stephen's new book, The Speed of Trust, was published in October 2006 by Simon & Schuster, and is already in its 9th printing. BusinessWeek named The Speed of Trust as one of the top five career books of 2006.

Who would benefit from this program:

• Managers
• Directors
• Executives
• Supervisors

Continuing Education:

• This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Recertification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage.

Product Options:

• Audio Conference CD Only: $229.00 (includes S&H)

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes