FranklinCovey Blog
The latest articles from our thought leaders and consultants.
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Read ArticleLeadership Training Over the Years
Over the last 30 years, FranklinCovey’s point of view on leadership has evolved substantially. With leadership, often the “how” changes, but the "what" remains the same.
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Six Ways To Help Your Organization Be More Inclusive
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Read ArticleDoes Silence Equal Agreement?
Scott Miller explores the idea that silence equals complicity and calls on readers to reflect on and challenge their own paradigms.
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Evaluate the impact unconscious bias has on your team.
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Read ArticleAdvice From the CEO
When the CEO gives you advice, you listen. Which is exactly what Scott Miller did when FranklinCovey's CEO, Bob Whitman, told him that he made too many declarative statements.
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Read ArticleChoice 1: Act on the Important, Don't React to the Urgent
Develop the habit of being conscious and intentional by understanding the reactive brain and the thinking brain and discerning the important from the less important.
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Read ArticleChoice 2: Go for Extraordinary, Don't Settle for Ordinary
Make decisions based on what success looks like in the most important roles you play.
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Read ArticleChoice 3: Schedule the Big Rocks, Don't Sort Gravel
Use weekly and daily planning to block out time for the activities that you must execute with excellence to be successful in your most important roles.
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Read ArticleChoice 4: Rule Your Technology, Don't Let it Rule You
Turn your technology into a productivity engine by making it work for you, not against you.
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Read ArticleChoice 5: Fuel Your Fire, Don't Burn Out
Increase your energy so you can think clearly, make good decisions, and feel more accomplished at the end of every day.
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Read ArticleLead by Example
What we model gets replicated, down to the most minute behaviors. If you set a low standard in your own performance and work ethic, that’s often the culture of the team.
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Read ArticleThe Power of Simple Messaging
The power of messaging lies in simple communication repeated over and over. Scott Miller brings to bear lessons learned from Donald Miller to look at the political landscape differently.
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Read ArticleLead Difficult Conversations
Too often leaders are promoted without understanding that one of their key roles is providing clear and considerate feedback to their direct reports.
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Read Article6 Actions To Retain Talent
Your high performers are constant targets of recruitment. Combat poaching and retain talent with these six actions from Scott Miller.
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Read ArticleOuter Order, Inner Calm
Scott Miller shares the impact that Gretchen Rubin's book, Outer Order, Inner Calm has had on his life, specifically how it has made him reflect on his own clutter, collecting, and habits.
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Read ArticleOwn Your Mess!
Own your management messes and turn them into leadership successes by evaluating your performance in 30 key areas.
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Read ArticleDiscipline 1: Focus on the Wildly Important
Discipline 1: Focus on the Wildly Important - A wildly important goal (WIG) is a goal that can make all the difference. You're going to commit to apply a disproportionate amount of energy to it.
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Read ArticleDiscipline 2: Act on the Lead Measures
The discipline of leverage requires you to identify and act on the measures that are predictive of reaching your goal and that can be influenced by you and the team.
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Read ArticleDiscipline 3: Keep a Compelling Scoreboard
The discipline of engagement requires you to create a players' scoreboard so that members of the team can easily tell whether they are winning or losing.
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Read ArticleDiscipline 4: Create a Cadence of Accountability
The discipline of commitment requires you to hold regularly scheduled team meetings where members make and keep commitments to each other to execute on the wildly important goal.
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Read ArticleBe A Light, Not A Judge
As we look to lift others, think of those in your life where you can be a light. Those who may have been passed over, discriminated against, neglected, or need a champion to lift them up.
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Read ArticleThe Gossip Effect
Building a winning culture is on everyone's mind, but an often overlooked aspect is the effect that gossip has on trust, and ultimately culture.
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Six Ways To Help Your Organization Be More Inclusive
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