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  • Home Improvement Store
    Facing a gaps in interdepartmental communication, poor time management, and weak leadership skills, this home improvement company, which employs approximately 185,000 employees, implemented The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 4 Roles of Leadership, and The 4 Disciplines of Execution. Along with an improvement in time management, this company has also seen improvements in its internal communication and in the cooperative efforts of its employees.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Improve Communication, Improve Leadership Skills
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Retail
    Location: U.S.A.
    Date of Study: 2001
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 1    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: Leadership, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The 7 Habits
    Author: N/A
  • HSBC Bank Brasil
    HSBC in Brazil invested heavily in FranklinCovey training to improve productivity in its banks.  220 people were trained in the first year and 800 trainees were anticipated for the second year.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Improve Employee Productivity
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Financial Services/Insurance
    Location: Brazil
    Date of Study: N/A
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 2    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: The 7 Habits
    Author: N/A
  • Human Resources as Strategic Performance Partners: Six Keys to Creating a Heroic New Role for Human Resources Professionals
    Human Resources professionals act as coaches, facilitators, and partners with executives and line managers in each of the following key initiatives: 1. Repositioning the Human Resources team with senior leadership as credible partners to unleash the power of employees; 2. Helping create organizational goal alignment by translating corporate strategy into division, department, team and individual goals; 3. Linking BHAGs to SDABs. Measure, record, and report productivity progress; 4. Identifying and facilitating interdependent behaviors vertically and horizontally; 5.  Challenging “sacred cows” that can hinder execution by interfering with focus and inhibiting synergy;  6. Delivering training that links employee behavior to desired goals.  

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Failure to Achieve Goals
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Consulting/Techology/Engineering Services
    Location: N/A
    Date of Study: N/A
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: White Paper
    Pages: 16    Illustrations: 9
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: N/A
    Author: N/A
  • HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE 7 HABITS IN MISSISSIPPI
    In 2004, the governor of Mississippi, U.S.A., created a new state employment services agency. This agency was a conglomeration of almost 800 employees from several previously separate state agencies and boards. In order to meld the hundreds of employees into a cohesive and effective organization, the state decided to implement The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as the “cultural change agent.” Since implementing the training, leaders have noticed a significant improvement in the department.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Create a Unified Company Culture
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Government
    Location: Mississippi, U.S.A.
    Date of Study: 2005
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 1    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: The 7 Habits
    Author: N/A
  • IC Companys: Focus on Strategy Execution
    Between fall 2007 and spring 2008, IC Companys, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based fashion-design company, launched an Leadership Academy for its management team in Denmark, Turkey, and Romania.  Included in the training were 360-degree profiles of leaders, the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and the 4 Disciplines of Execution.  After establishing lead and lag measures and holding weeking WIG (Wildly Important Goals) meetings, sales in one division exceeded expectations in Denmark by approximately 123 percent, and the IT Department was able to to eliminate "a big pile" of delayed projects.  Quality Control improved in Romania, and teamwork improved in Turkey.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Improve Employee Productivity, Create a Unified Company Culture, Improve Leadership Skills, Improve Teamwork
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Manufacturing, Retail
    Location: Denmark, Turkey, Romania
    Date of Study: Summer 2008
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 10    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The 7 Habits
    Author: N/A
  • IMPROVING SALES AT A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY
    In the midst of a corporate re-structure and declining sales, this major U.S. IT company brought in FranklinCovey's Sales Performance Group.  Among other successes, the re-vitalized sales force gained a 46% increase in pipeline volume and a 45% win rate. 

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Failure to Achieve Goals, Improve Employee Productivity
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Consulting/Techology/Engineering Services
    Location: USA
    Date of Study: April 2009
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 3    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: Sales Performance Group
    Author: N/A
  • IMPROVING SALES IN A GLOBAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY
    One of the world's leading management consulting companies partnered with FranklinCovey's Sales Performance Group to improve the capabilities of its sales force. 
    After 6 months, the sales force reported that an additional $2.3 million in sales revenue was achieved thanks to FranklinCovey methodology.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Failure to Achieve Goals, Improve Employee Productivity
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Consulting/Techology/Engineering Services
    Location: U.S.A.
    Date of Study: April 2009
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 3    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: Sales Performance Group
    Author: N/A
  • IMPROVING SAN FRANCISCO WITH FRANKLINCOVEY
    A 1997 survey of employees of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission identified a need for improvement in management and leadership. The commission decided to implement a series of workshops beginning with The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and including The 4 Disciplines of Execution, FOCUS: Achieving Your Highest Priorities, and Execution Quotient (xQ) Survey. Ten years later, the Commission’s employees are successfully meeting the needs of their customers.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Improve Leadership Skills
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Government
    Location: California, U.S.A.
    Date of Study: 2003
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 2    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The 7 Habits, xQ Survey (Execution Quotient), FOCUS: Individual Effectiveness
    Author: N/A
  • IMS Health
    Established in 1954, IMS Health researches and analyzes billions of pharmaceutical records to provide market intelligence for its clients. In order to help employees become more effective, IMS Health adopted The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People training.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Improve Employee Productivity
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Healthcare/Pharmaceutical
    Location: U.K.
    Date of Study: N/A
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 3    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: The 7 Habits
    Author: N/A
  • Independent School District
    This dynamic independent school district adopted The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Workshop in response to a performance review that indicated a deficit in parental trust toward district administrators within the school district. After implementing The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People along with The 4 Roles of Leadership and The 4 Disciplines of Execution, student achievement scores have increased, and parents treat the district as the “school district of choice” in the region.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE: Increase Customer Satisfaction, Increase Customer Loyalty
    TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OR INDUSTRY: Education
    Location: U.S.A.
    Date of Study: 1997
    TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Success Story
    Pages: 1    Illustrations: 0
    FRANKLINCOVEY SOLUTION: Leadership, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The 7 Habits
    Author: N/A