PASSIONATELY SWISS
The Movenpick Group, which includes the upscale Movenpick Resorts and Hotels chain set a goal to increase the number of hotels from 70 to 100 by 2010.  Top management believed that a change of vision would be necessary to achieve such a "stretch" goal.  They investigated training programs from the London Business School and IMD but instead chose the Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results from FranklinCovey.

PERFORMACE: ACCELERATED

This white paper is, according to the authors,"a new benchmark for initiating employee engagement, retention and results."  It summarizes the results of a 10 year study involving 200,000 managers and employees in organizations worldwide.  It shows that return on equity is considerable higher for companies who reward and recognize employeee performance using the Carrot Principle. 

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Phoenix PLC
Along with helping employees achieve clearer focus and understanding of objectives, training in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has helped Phoenix PLC reinvent itself amid massive expansion.

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Podcast: Interview with Guatemalan Minister of Education (in Spanish)
An interview with Maria del Carmen Acena de Fuentes, Minister of Education of Guatemala 2004-2008.  Interviewer:  Christian H. Tyden.  6 minutes.  The Minister discusses the "Dreams of Youth for Peace" program in Guatemala, which includes the 7 Habits.  In Spanish.

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Preliminary Report on Quincy Schools and the 7 Habits
Some of the public schools in Quincy, Illinois, U.S.A. have fully implemented the 7 Habits; others have implemented the 7 Habits "moderately."  We wanted to know what the difference, if any, would be between full and moderate implementers on student performance such as reading and math scores.  We found statistically significant improvement in reading and math scores.  There seemed to be no impact on disciplinary referrals, but there was a positive impact on certain self-reported attitudes of the teaching staff. 

PRESERVING CORPORATE CULTURE WITH THE 7 HABITS
Because of its expansion from a small producer of wooden-jacket tin cans to an international manufacturing organization, this container company implemented The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People training as its core “cultural” program to support and maintain a principle-centered leadership philosophy. After ten years, the company’s voluntary employee turnover rate is less than 2 percent, and the average employee tenure is more than 12 years.

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Progress at a Public Agency
In 2005, this large public agency was plagued with leadership and morale problems.  One office had endured seven interim directors in just four years.  Another office was so upset at its leader that the employees were constantly taking complaints to the union—and winning.  Overtime was up and employee morale was down.  In 2007, after implementing The 4 Disciplines of Execution, this agency was operating at 630 hours under budget, had saved over $300,000 in overtime payroll, and was ranked number two in the nation on a number of key measures.

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