Stephen M. R. Covey is co-founder of CoveyLink and the FranklinCovey Speed of Trust Practice. A sought-after and compelling keynote speaker and adviser on trust, leadership, ethics, and collaboration, he speaks to audiences around the world. He is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, a groundbreaking and paradigm-shifting book that challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue and instead demonstrates that trust is a hard-edged, economic driver. The Speed of Trust has been translated into 22 languages and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
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Stephen is also coauthor of the # 1 Amazon bestseller Smart Trust: The Defining Skill That Transforms Managers Into Leaders. Stephen asserts that trust has become the new currency of our world, and that having the ability to develop, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders is the number one competency of leadership needed today. He passionately delivers this message and is dedicated to enabling individuals and organisations to reap the dividends of high trust throughout the world. Audiences and organisations alike resonate with his tangible, practical approach to trust. Stephen is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which, under his direction, became the largest leadership development company in the world. He 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. A Harvard MBA, Stephen joined Covey Leadership Center as a Client Developer and later became National Sales Manager and then President & CEO.
Under Stephen’s leadership, the company grew rapidly and profitably, achieving Inc. 500 status. As President & CEO, he nearly doubled revenues while increasing profits by 12 times. During that period, both customer and employee trust reached new highs and the company expanded throughout the world into over 40 countries. This greatly increased the value of the brand and company. Within three years of being named CEO, Stephen had increased shareholder value by 67 times in a merger with then FranklinQuest to form FranklinCovey.
Over the years, Stephen has gained considerable respect and influence with executives and leaders of Fortune 500 companies as well as with mid- and small-sized private sector and public sector organisations he’s consulted. Clients recognise his unique perspective on real-world organisational issues based on his practical experience as a former CEO. Stephen serves on numerous boards, including the Government Leadership Advisory Council, and he has been recognised with the lifetime Achievement Award for “Top Thought Leaders in Trust” from the advocacy group, Trust Across America/Trust Around the World.
Stephen resides with his wife and children in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains.
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Erica Dhawan
When leaders want to
break team silos, drive exponential growth and innovate through teamwork and inclusion, they call Erica Dhawan. Erica is an internationally recognised leading authority, author and advisor on 21st century teamwork, collaboration and innovation.
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Erica Dhawan is the world’s leading authority on 21st century Collaboration and Connectional Intelligence.
She challenges audiences and organizations to innovate further and faster, together. Her newest book – Digital Body Language – decodes the new signals and cues of effective collaboration and teamwork in a digital-first human workplace.
Erica Dhawan is the Founder & CEO of Cotential, a global organization that helps companies, leaders, and managers leverage 21st century collaboration skills and behaviours to improve game changing performance.
She is the co-author of the bestselling book Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence, named #1 on What Corporate America is Reading. Dhawan was named by Thinkers50 as “The Oprah of Management Ideas” and featured as one of the Top 20 Management Experts around the world by GlobalGurus. She hosts the award-winning podcast ‘Masters of Leadership.’
Erica speaks on global stages ranging from the World Economic Forum at Davos and TED to companies such as Coca-Cola, FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, SAP, and Cisco. Erica writes for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, FastCompany. She has degrees from Harvard University, MIT Sloan, and The Wharton School.
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Chris McChesney
Chris McChesney is the lead
author of the Bestselling book in the world on executing strategy. He is the Global Practice Leader of Execution for FranklinCovey and one of the primary developers of the 4 Disciplines of Execution. For more than a decade, he has led FranklinCovey’s ongoing design and development of these principles, as well as the consulting organisation that has achieved extraordinary growth in many countries around the globe and impacted hundreds of organisations. Chris’s work helps leaders achieve the most difficult parts of their plan in the face of competing distractions. While this is a challenge during normal circumstances, it has become critical today.
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Chris’s career with FranklinCovey began by working directly with Dr. Stephen R. Covey and has continued for more than two decades to include roles as a con-sultant, managing director, and general manager within the organisation. Chris launched the first 4 Disciplines of Execution Practice in FranklinCovey’s Southeast Region, and today has seen it expand around the globe.
Throughout this period of significant growth and expansion, Chris has maintained a single focus: to help organisations get results through improved execution.
Chris and his wife Constance are the proud parents of five daughters and two sons. His love of family is combined with his passion for boating, water sports, coaching, and trying to keep up with his children. Known for his high energy and engaging message, Chris has become a highly sought-after speaker and adviser on strategy execution. Chris has presented at the largest leadership conferences in the world, including Global Leadership Summit and World Business Forum.
The 4 Disciplines of Execution message is something that fits into every theme. Every leader has a goal that they want to achieve, but how do you focus and leverage organisational behaviour to accomplish your wildly important goals despite a whirlwind of competing priorities?
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of the UK’s largest organisations including BBC, ITV1, ITN News Channel and Carlton.