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Stephen M.R. Covey
Business, CEO, Leadership, Management, Motivational Sales, Sales
Travels from Utah, USA
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Stephen M.R. Covey Profile
Co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide, Stephen M.R. Covey speaks and advises on trust, leadership, ethics and high performance to companies and audiences across the globe.
Stephen’s book The Speed of Trust revolutionized the ways in which trust is viewed. Stephen’s thesis is that rather than trust being a soft social or emotional virtue it can be one of the most effective business tools that can be learned and measured. Where trust exists, he explains, there is more profit, people become better workers, relationships become energized and leadership improves. His speeches take a practical approach to methods whereby individuals and organizations can reap the benefits of high trust.
After being awarded his Harvard MBA Stephen joined the Covey Leadership Centre as a Client Developer. Amongst other achievements there he personally drove the marketing of his father’s (Dr. Stephen R.Covey’s) book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; this book was later nominated by CEO Magazine as one of the two most influential business books of the 20th century.
After being promoted to National sales manager and then President and CEO, Stephen drove phenomenal growth in the company, helping it to achieve Inc. 500 status. Under his stewardship, revenues doubled to over $110 million whilst profits increased twelvefold. When Stephen became CEO the company had a share value of $2.4 million; three years later when he orchestrated a merger with Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey that had grown to $160 million.
As well as working on his books and his highly regarded and much in demand public speeches, Stephen currently serves on the board or advisory board of several entities. He is Advisory Board Chairman at the Human Performance Institute, which is at the forefront of energy management technology.
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Stephen M. R. Covey is co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide. A sought-after and compelling keynote speaker and advisor on trust, leadership, ethics, and high performance, he speaks to audiences around the world.
He is the 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—a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing. He 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 that 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.
Covey resides with his wife and children in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains.
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