Covey advocates that nothing is as fast as the speed of trust and that the ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders is the critical leadership competency of the new global economy. Covey passionately delivers this message and is dedicated to enabling individuals and organizations to reap the dividends of high trust. Audiences and organizations alike resonate with his informed, practical approach to real-time issues that affect their immediate and long-term performance.
He is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which, under his stewardship, became the largest leadership development company in the world. Covey personally led the strategy that propelled his father’s book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to one of the two most influential business books of the 20th Century, according to CEO Magazine. A Harvard MBA, he joined Covey Leadership Center as a Client Developer and later became National Sales Manager and then President & CEO.
Under Covey’s direction, the company grew rapidly and profitably, achieving Inc. 500 status. As President & CEO, he nearly doubled revenues to over $110 million 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. The company was valued at only $2.4 million when Covey was named CEO, and, within three years, he grew shareholder value to $160 million in a merger he orchestrated with then Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey.
Over the years, Covey 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 organizations he’s consulted. Clients recognize his unique perspective on real-world organizational issues based on his practical experience as a former CEO.
Covey currently serves on the board/advisory board of several entities, including the Human Performance Institute—the leader in energy management technology—where he serves as Advisory Board Chairman.
· The New York Times sees Stephen M. R. Covey as the next potential business sage and guru, calling The Speed of Trust the most intruiging business book of Fall 2006.
· Stephen M. R. Covey has been hired to speak in over 40 global cities.
· Stephen was invited to present at the World Economic Forum’s “Summer Davos” in Tianjin, China. At the close of the Forum, there was a general session vote to identify the top challenges for the coming year. We were all surprised that the global financial crisis was voted #2. The #1 challenge was a crisis of Trust and Confidence
“I cannot believe in someone or something more than I do Stephen and his book!!! After reading the first few chapters of The Speed of Trust, I knew that this was exactly what our team needed to hear in the midst of the real estate industry’s largest merger/acquisition of CBRE and Trammell Crow Company. He was inspiring, entertaining and the results from our time have led to faster and more efficient interaction with our teams. In a world awash with “How To” seminars, this was the best I have ever been a part of.”
- Tony Long, President, CB Richard Ellis, Asset Service
Speeches:
1) Keynote or Half-Day:
The Speed of Trust challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue and instead demonstrates that trust is a hard-edged, economic driver - a learnable and measureable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing.
This fast-paced and engaging presentation dramatically reveals TRUST as the hidden variable that will become your most leverageable tool, fueling your current strategic imperatives. We call it “Leading at the SPEED of TRUST.”
You can learn TRUST
You can quantify TRUST
You can get good at engendering TRUST
Nothing is as FAST as the SPEED of TRUST!
By framing Trust in a new light this presentation will:
1) Make the business and economic case for trust
2) Show how the ability to generate trust is the critical leadership competency in this new global economy
3) Demonstrate how to master the skill of engendering trust- both personally and in your organization