Be a Better Leader

Recharge: Your Leaders. Your Teams. Your Culture. Your Results. - Season 7, Episode 6 | You started down the pathway of recharging your leaders, your teams, your culture, and your results. But once you get started, how do you keep it going? Harvey Young, a regional practice leader at FranklinCovey, joins Managing Director Jeffery Downs to discuss how accountability is key to getting the results you're working for. • The Agility Advantage: 4 Steps to Respond to Change and Achieve Consistent Business Results - https://pages.franklincovey.com/4-steps-to-respond-to-change-pod-babl.html

Recharge: Your Leaders. Your Teams. Your Culture. Your Results. - Season 7, Episode 5 | Organizations, teams, and individuals face many challenges. But developing a winning culture looms as one of the make-or-break variables in an organization's success. Recharging your culture is key to keeping people at all levels engaged, giving their best efforts, and getting your best results. Dr. AJ Lee is joined by Todd Davis, former FranklinCovey chief people officer, to talk about organizational missions, visions, and values, and how they influence culture and results. • 3 Steps to Build a Culture Where Teams Thrive: Download and share our guide, 3 Steps to Build a Culture Where Teams Thrive, and help your organization align its culture and values with what's best for its people. https://pages.franklincovey.com/3-steps-build-culture-where-teams-thrive-babl.html

Recharge: Your Leaders. Your Teams. Your Culture. Your Results. - Season 7, Episode 4 | Our teams and responsibilities are all interconnected. But in times of change, uncertainty, or mounting projects, silos can form, and it becomes easy to lose the power that comes from collaboration and synergy. Andrea Caldwell, a FranklinCovey managing consultant, joins Managing Director Jeffery Downs to break down this problem and discuss strategies to overcome it. • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: A Brief Guide Download our guide for a summary of principles and practices that can help you cope with Change in resilient, creative ways. https://pages.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits-a-brief-guide-babl.html

Recharge: Your Leaders. Your Teams. Your Culture. Your Results. - Season 7, Episode 3 | With constant demands and competing priorities, we know that all leaders must help their teams identify the most important tasks and find a way to accomplish them. Few things can burn out a team like feeling as if they're not achieving their top priorities. Listen as Dr. AJ Lee and Cris Lang, a FranklinCovey senior consultant, talk about how leaders can help teams approach this common hurdle. • Manage Your Time Like a Pro: 7 Tips for Doing What Matters Most: Hard-working professionals should be spending more time on their long-term goals. We can help. https://pages.franklincovey.com/manage-your-time-like-a-pro-7-tips-doing-what-matters-most-babl.html

Recharge: Your Leaders. Your Teams. Your Culture. Your Results. - Season 7, Episode 2 | What if all your organization's leaders could identify their weaknesses but instead steer toward their strengths? What difference could that make for them and their teams? In this episode, Dr. AJ Lee, manager of customer success, is joined by FranklinCovey Vice President of Content Development and best-selling author, Kory Kogon, to talk about how a leader can focus on multiplying their strengths and recharging their approach to leading others. • 40 Back-pocket Questions to Unleash Your Team's Intelligence: The best leaders are curious. But they don't just ask a lot of questions. They ask the right questions—the kind that focus their team's brainpower on the right problems. https://pages.franklincovey.com/40-back-pocket-questions-unleash-your-teams-intelligence-multipliers-babl.html

Recharge: Your Leaders. Your Teams. Your Culture. Your Results. - Season 7, Episode 1 | How can we continue to progress and deliver results when there's so much going on—both inside and outside of our organizations? Join FranklinCovey Managing Director Jeffery Downs and Scott Thele, national execution practice leader, as they discuss what the “Performance Curve” is and how understanding it can help you and your organization unlock potential as you move “righter and tighter” and recharge your results. • Impact Your Organization's Results: Turn Average Employees Into High Performers: Your organization has pockets of great performers and extraordinary teams. And then there's everyone else. The challenge is to move the middle 60% of your average performers toward the higher performance level of the top 20%. https://pages.franklincovey.com/impact-your-organizations-results-guide-4d-p.html

What You Don't Know When You Become a Leader - Season 6, Episode 6 | One of the biggest changes when transitioning to a leadership role for the first time is making the mindset shift from an individual contributor to a leader. In this episode of Be a Better Leader, FranklinCovey's Leena Rinne and senior leadership consultant Victoria Roos Olsson discuss why this mindset shift is so critical, explore the underlying purpose of leadership, and recommend resources and practices to help a new leader make the transition. • Make the Mental Leap to Leader: A Six-Step GUide for First-Level Leaders http://pages.franklincovey.com/first-level-leaders-make-mental-leap-leader-p.html

What You Don't Know When You Become a Leader - Season 6, Episode 5 | Leaders are responsible for a workplace culture that creates opportunities for growth and advancement for everyone. Teams with inclusive leaders report higher performance, better decisions, and more collaboration. Daniel Martin, a FranklinCovey senior solutions architect, joins Leena Rinne to talk about differences between diversity and inclusion, ways a leader can foster inclusion, and a key trait that can create a more cohesive team culture. • Inclusive Leadership: This guide outlines practical steps leaders can take to lead more inclusively and create a high-trust environment where everyone feels safe to contribute their best ideas and efforts. http://pages.franklincovey.com/Inclusive-Leadership-Three-Keys.html

What You Don't Know When You Become a Leader - Season 6, Episode 4 | As a leader, it's not always easy to have tough conversations with team members who may be falling short. But when a leader creates a culture of feedback, everyone feels heard and respected, and performance and productivity blossom. In this episode, Leena Rinne and Todd Davis, a FranklinCovey consultant, author, and former chief people officer, discuss how to create that culture of feedback, common mistakes that leaders make, and share successes and failures from their own careers. • Crucial Insights for First-Level Leaders: Leading a team requires a different skillset than working as an individual contributor. http://pages.franklincovey.com/crucial-insights-first-level-leaders-guide-p.html

What You Don't Know When You Become a Leader - Season 6, Episode 3 | Change is inevitable. While many organizations primarily focus on the process, successful change takes more than that—it requires your people to make it happen. And as a leader, it's your job to guide your team through it. Marché Pleshette, a FranklinCovey senior consultant, and co-author of Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity, joins Leena Rinne to talk about the predictable pattern of change, strategies for communicating, and a valuable tool for gaining buy-in. • How to Communicate Change: A Tool for Leaders - Download our tool to help your leaders learn how to articulate change clearly and share a vision of the future when they communicate a change to their team. http://pages.franklincovey.com/communicate-a-change-to-your-team-tool-p.html

What You Don't Know When You Become a Leader - Season 6, Episode 2 | Leadership isn't just about setting a vision—it's about empowering your team to achieve it. It's helping team members get clear about the “Why” behind the “What” and support them in the “How.” Leena Rinne is joined by FranklinCovey Benelux CEO Thijs Westerink to share how to set your team up for success by creating a clear path to achieving your goals and objectives. • 8 Ways to Boost Your Team's Commitment to Goals: Get your team on board and moving in the right direction. https://pages.franklincovey.com/4d-landing-pages-8-ways-boost-teams-commitment-goals-guide-p.html

What You Don't Know When You Become a Leader - Season 6, Episode 1 | One of the primary changes when transitioning to a leadership role for the first time is creating a culture of trust, which is essential for any high-performing team. And a leader's style directly influences the trust within that team. In this episode, Leena Rinne is joined by FranklinCovey's global practice leader for The Speed of Trust Doug Faber to talk about how a leader can build trust to foster growth, innovation, and success. • How to Build Trust & Unleash Potential: Everyone has greatness inside of them. Are your leaders doing enough to unlock it? http://pages.franklincovey.com/how-to-build-trust-and-unleash-potential-of-your-direct-reports-p.html

Set and Execute Your Strategic Goals - Season 5, Episode 5 While the new year is a great time to set goals, many people fail to reach them because of this common mistake: Relying on willpower and practices rather than trusted principles. Join FranklinCovey execution practice leader Scott Thele as he talks with bestselling author and thought leader Chris McChesney about checking in on your goals for 2023 and identifying systems for success.

A major barrier to executing your goals as a leader is ambiguity. Keeping your goals vague and flexible may minimize risk and create safety, but this often leads to inaction. Achieving results requires clear direction, actions, and behaviors. Join FranklinCovey national practice leader Scott Thele as he talks with UK practice leader Ray McGrath and Scandinavian execution practitioner Carsten Lingaard about the ambiguity trap and how to go from misalignment to measurable execution.

Most leaders have experienced this common barrier to execution: Everything coming at you is either urgent or high priority. If you're constantly overwhelmed by everything in the whirlwind, how can you step out of 'urgency culture' and give attention to what moves you toward your goals? Join FranklinCovey national practice leader Scott Thele as he talks with Australia national practice leader Anne-Louise McLean and US national practice leader Harvey Young about the urgency trap and how to create space for the things that really matter.

Set and Execute Your Strategic Goals - Season 5, Episode 2 As a strategic leader, you know your most important goals—but how do you know you're making progress toward achieving them? Join FranklinCovey national practice leader Scott Thele as he talks with a co-author of the Spanish edition of The 4 Disciplines of Execution, Monica de Zelaya, about the concept trap and how to measure success when it comes to reaching your goals in your organization.

Set and Execute Your Strategic Goals - Season 5, Episode 1 Identifying and accomplishing your most important goals can feel impossible when it seems like you're lost in the whirlwind attending to all your other priorities. Join FranklinCovey execution practice leader, Scott Thele as he talks with bestselling author and though leader Chris McChesney, about the complexity trap and learning how to identify and execute your most important goals—just in time for 2023.

Amplify Your Organization's Impact - Season 4, Episode 4 Leaders often play a crucial role as unofficial project managers in their organizations. They drive strategy and organize projects that support their highest goals. And it's their job to guide their projects and teams toward success. In this episode of Be A Better Leader, join us as we talk with FranklinCovey's vice president of content development, and co-author of Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager, Kory Kogon, as she identifies the recipe for project success and how to make the biggest impact as an unofficial project manager. To learn more, download our free guide, The Unofficial Project Manager: A Guide for Leaders http://pages.franklincovey.com/the-unofficial-project-manager-a-guide-for-leaders-p.html

Amplify Your Organization's Impact - Season 4, Episode 3 There are so many factors to consider when looking for the right learning and development solution for your organization. In this episode of Be A Better Leader, join us as we talk with FranklinCovey's executive vice president of products for the enterprise division, Will Houghteling, as he identifies why your L&D solution must appeal to the head of the buyer and the heart of the learner. Want to learn more? Download our free guide, Leverage Learning Science for Lasting L&D Impact: https://pages.franklincovey.com/impact-platform-leverage-learning-science-for-lasting-impact-p.html

Amplify Your Organization's Impact - Season 4, Episode 2 People are more hungry than ever before for professional development opportunities. But it's not enough to simply provide training—your people need solutions that drive growth and behavior change both individually and collectively. In this episode of Be A Better Leader, join us as we talk with FranklinCovey's executive vice president of products for the enterprise division, Will Houghteling, on what leaders need to look for when investing in the right learning and development solutions for their organization.

Amplify Your Organization's Impact - Season 4, Episode 1 Between staffing shortages and recruitment, new remote or hybrid environments, and keeping teams engaged, leaders are facing difficulties like never before—yet still expected to deliver on their goals. In this episode of Be A Better Leader, join us as we talk with the president of FranklinCovey's enterprise division, Jennifer Colosimo, on how leaders can continue to make an impact in their organization, no matter the circumstances. Download our free guide: 3 Leadership Actions to Amplify Your Organization's Impact http://pages.franklincovey.com/3-leadership-actions-to-amplify-your-organizations-impact-p.html

Become a More Successful Leader by Creating a Culture of Feedback | No one likes to hear they're not doing a great job. In fact, many people avoid giving or receiving feedback because of the discomfort that comes with it. However, feedback is a crucial component of effective leadership. Join FranklinCovey senior consultant Natalie Brown to learn how a leader's job is to guide their team toward their goals, and why that can't be done without communicating opportunities to reach their highest potential. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, 6 Shifts to Develop a Leader's Mindset: https://pages.franklincovey.com/bul-4-steps-to-refine-and-execute-your-team-goals-p.html

Become a More Successful Leader by Leading Your Team Through Change | Everyone reacts differently to change, and even seemingly positive changes can cause disruption that may slow teams and organizations down. On this episode, Leena Rinne and FranklinCovey senior consultant Natalie Brown discuss that while it's impossible to completely avoid change, leaders can learn to accelerate through change to enable better performance and achieve greater results. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, The Energy of Change—5 Leadership Behaviors to Drive Collective Action in a Fluid Landscape: https://pages.franklincovey.com/hr-the-energy-of-change-5-leadership-behaviors-to-drive-collective-action-in-a-fluid-landscape-p.html

Leading Your Team to the Finish Line | What is your most important goal? Leadership can be noisy. Constant demands from everyone around you can not only feel overwhelming but also keep you from doing the work that really matters. Leaders need to learn how to narrow their focus on the most important goals, mobilize their people to execute those goals, and measure success. Tune in to this week's episode as we talk with Chris McChesney, bestselling author and global practice leader of execution, to learn more about choosing the right goals. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, Mobilize Your Team to Deliver Breakthrough Results: https://pages.franklincovey.com/bul-mobilize-you-team-to-deliver-breakthrough-results-p.html

Choosing the Right Goals and Measuring Success | People play differently when you keep score. Are you keeping score? Every leader has one thing in common—a goal to deliver impactful results. But not every leader has the necessary framework to execute successful strategies. In this episode of Be A Better Leader, we're sitting down with bestselling author, Chris McChesney, to talk about a proven execution system that will guarantee breakthrough results even when managing remote or hybrid teams. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, 4 Steps to Refine and Execute Your Team Goals: https://pages.franklincovey.com/bul-4-steps-to-refine-and-execute-your-team-goals-p.html

An Execution System for Breakthrough Results | Does everyone know the goal and how to measure it? When you have so many things to accomplish, how do you know you're focusing on the right goals—especially during turbulent times? Join us as we sit down with FranklinCovey national practice leader Scott Thele to discuss how to use a proven execution system to identify your most important goals and lead your team to greatness. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, Mobilize Your Team to Deliver Breakthrough Results: https://pages.franklincovey.com/bul-mobilize-you-team-to-deliver-breakthrough-results-p.html

Become a More Successful Leader by Creating Enduring Influence | The most impactful leaders create enduring influence from the inside out. But what does it mean to create enduring influence, why is it important, and how does that help leaders be more successful? Join us as special guest Stephen M. R. Covey discusses creating intentional influence as you lead and why the leader's job is to go first." Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, 7 Steps to Create an Environment of Trust on Your Team: https://pages.franklincovey.com/hr-7-steps-to-create-an-environment-of-trust-on-your-team-p.html

Become a More Successful Leader by Inspiring Your Team | What's the difference between motivation and inspiration? Hint: One of these creates better results. In this episode of Be a Better Leader, we're talking about motivation vs. inspiration and why inspiring the hearts and minds of your team is required to create lasting results. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, Leadership Approaches for a New World: https://pages.franklincovey.com/hr-leadership-approaches-for-a-new-world-p.html

Become a More Successful Leader by Unleashing Potential | Everyone has greatness inside of them. A leader's job is to unleash that greatness. In this episode of Be a Better Leader, join us with special guest Stephen M. R. Covey as we introduce a new, more relevant style of leadership—one that builds trust and inspires your team. We'll discuss why this shift in leadership style is crucial to the success of your organization and how it can solve some of today's biggest leadership problems. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, Build Trust and Unleash the Potential of Direct Reports: https://pages.franklincovey.com/hr-build-trust-and-unleash-the-potential-of-direct-reports-p.html

Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity | Build individual confidence through familiarity with the predictable pattern of change. Successfully lead people through the human reactions to change. And optimize any change-management process. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and Marché Barney, FranklinCovey expert on change, as they discuss how to turn the uncertainty of change into opportunity in this episode of Be a Better Leader. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, 6 Ways to Help Your Team Handle Stress During Times of Change: https://pages.franklincovey.com/6-ways-to-help-your-team-handle-stress-during-times-of-change-p.html

The Human Reactions to Change | There are five common reactions to change, and they each have advantages and disadvantages. When leaders understand these reactions, they can do more than manage change; they can lead their teams through change. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and Marché Barney, FranklinCovey expert on change, as they discuss the human reactions to change in this episode of Be a Better Leader. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, 6 Ways to Help Your Team Handle Stress During Times of Change: https://pages.franklincovey.com/6-ways-to-help-your-team-handle-stress-during-times-of-change-p.html

Coach Your Team to Adapt to Change | People are wired to react to change to survive—which can feel difficult or threatening. When leaders help their teams adapt, they make change feel less uncertain and more like an opportunity. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and Kory Kogon, vice president of global sales enablement, as they discuss how to coach your team to adapt to change in this episode of Be a Better Leader. Want to learn more? Click here to download our tool, How to Communicate Change: A Tool for Leaders https://pages.franklincovey.com/communicate-a-change-to-your-team-tool-p.html

Communicate New Changes to Your Team | Successful change takes more than process alone—it's your people who make it happen. How leaders communicate change has a significant impact on team member engagement, response, and adoption. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and Kory Kogon, vice president of global sales enablement, as they discuss how to communicate new changes to your team in this episode of Be a Better Leader. Want to learn more? Click here to download our tool, How to Communicate Change: A Tool for Leaders https://pages.franklincovey.com/communicate-a-change-to-your-team-tool-p.html

The Leader's Role in the Change Process | Leaders are the linchpins of success in guiding teams and organizations through change. As the trusted conduit of information passing from the organization to the team, leaders must master four skills to engage their teams through change. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and Curt Garbett, a FranklinCovey expert on change, as they discuss the leader's role in the change process in this episode of Be a Better Leader. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, Adapt to Change: 5 Self-Coaching Questions https://pages.franklincovey.com/adapt-to-change-5-self-coaching-questions-p.html

The Predictable Pattern of Change | Individual reactions to change can vary widely but change itself follows a predictable pattern. When leaders know the pattern and what zone their team is in, they can adjust accordingly and navigate the change more effectively. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and Curt Garbett, a FranklinCovey expert on change, as they discuss the four zones of FranklinCovey's Change Model in this episode of Be a Better Leader. Want to learn more? Click here to download our guide, Adapt to Change: 5 Self-Coaching Questions https://pages.franklincovey.com/adapt-to-change-5-self-coaching-questions-p.html

Make 1-on-1's Your Most Important Meetings | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must make 1-on-1s their most important meetings. Learn how leaders can adopt an effective mindset around 1-on-1s to engage team members in a valued and inclusive way. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of Get Better, Todd Davis, as they discuss the difference between a leader's mindset and an individual contributor, as well as best practices around effective 1-on-1s. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: bit.ly/3wU8CeV

Do You Have the Right People in Place? | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must regularly align the Six Rights. Learn how leaders can align core systems so their teams no longer struggle to ‘make things work' in a system that is out of alignment. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity, Leena Rinne, as they discuss how leaders can ensure they have the right people, processes, resources, and rewards in place to succeed. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: bit.ly/3wU8CeV

Build a Culture of Resilience and Psychological Safety | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must build a culture of resilience and psychological safety. Learn how leaders can create a space where their people are empowered to take risks, make mistakes, and grow. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of Multipliers, Liz Wiseman, as they discuss how leaders can look for the native genius of their people and create spaces for them to share it. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: bit.ly/3wU8CeV

Lead Through This New World of Work with a Vision and Purpose | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must lead with vision and purpose. Learn how leaders can get their people to buy into their vision by beginning with the end in mind. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity, Kory Kogon, as they discuss how leaders can develop a compelling vision that people want to see realized. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: https://bit.ly/3wU8CeV

Contribution Conversations—What are They? And How Can They Help You? | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must adopt a whole-person paradigm to engage their people on every level of their being. Learn how to have contribution conversations that create a space for people to explore and unleash their potential. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity, Leena Rinne, as they discuss how leaders can make their people feel like they belong, take pride in their work, and be optimistic about what they can achieve. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: https://bit.ly/3wU8CeV

Power Skills to Build Relationships | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must develop the power skills to build effective relationships with the people they lead. Learn how to adopt a mindset and communicate in ways that unlock all of your people's technical job skills. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of Get Better, Todd Davis, as they discuss how leaders can communicate effectively, build relationships, and be empathetic. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: https://bit.ly/3wU8CeV

Utilize Next-Level Self-Awareness to Thrive in this New World of Work | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must develop next-level self-awareness to engage their teams. Learn to avoid accidental diminisher tendencies and create the conditions for your workers to volunteer their best ideas and efforts. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of Multipliers, Liz Wiseman, as they discuss ways leaders can be aware of and counteract their diminishing tendencies. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: https://bit.ly/3wU8CeV

Learn to Trust Your Workers to Do Their Jobs Anywhere | To thrive in the new world of work, leaders must foster autonomy in their people. Learn to trust your workers to do their jobs anywhere and lay the foundation for the collaboration, innovation, and creativity needed to succeed. Join FranklinCovey's enterprise division president, Jennifer Colosimo, and the bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, Stephen M. R. Covey, as they discuss key behaviors to create trust, foster autonomy, and achieve desired results. Click here to download our guide, Help Your Organization Thrive in the New World of Work: https://pages.franklincovey.com/help-your-organization-thrive-in-the-world-of-work-guide-p.html