Time to Celebrate - Seeds of Trust begin to Blossom Again!

I am excited to announce that 19 years after my first meeting with Tom Morell and Walter Santaliz, who had the courage to trust me with the responsibility of taking on  the representation of Covey Leadership Center in Chile, the wheel has turned full circle!

When I first discovered the transformational power of "The Seven Habits", I was almost down on my knees begging for the opportunity to bring the programme to Chile at a time when the country desperately needed to restore trust. Our success in achieving significant cultural change in such diverse organizations as BCI Bank, Minera Disputada de Las Condes, the Hospital Católica de la PUC and Drillco gave me the enormous retribution of having made a significant contribution, not just to the companies but to the 6,000 or more people who did all the work!

Two decades later, with low trust once again back on the agenda as a big "Achilles' heel", Walter and his partner Carlos have just renegotiated the license and it was a great honor to be offered the role of "Ambassador" to Franklin Covey Chile.

Due to my on-going commitments with Coaching Plus, VitalSmarts and HemsleyFraser, I am unable to accept a full time position, but was delighted that my suggestion to take on the role of Chief Brand Officer, responsible for the company's "image, experience and promise" has been accepted.

I am looking forward to meeting up again with so many old and new clients, workshop participants, friends and colleagues with whom we have shared the principles of "Greatness", catching up and sharing "The Ultimate Competitive Advantage".

A NEW PLUS

In case you were wondering, the weird shadows that appear in the Powerpoint explaining my new venture, Coaching Plus for Peak Performance, are not friends of ET heading for home, but 3 generations of Rays in the Cajón del Maipo Cordillera on our way up to the El Morrado Glacier (taken about 4 years ago). What a memorable bonding experience with Peter and Philipito which had a lot to do with building and maintaining trust.

I am delighted to report that CPPP is going strong and I am excited to see how the brave souls who trusted me to be their coach and have dared to do this in English are demonstrating surprising abilities to express highly complex and frequently delicate matters (difficult enough to express in their mother tongue!) in the very safe environment we have created... and they have already seen the early fruits of using me as a sounding box and point of accountability (for their own decisions and results) as they begin to execute their plans.

30+ (gulp!) years of experience have shown me, however, that the skills acquired by practice in the classroom or coaching space do not automatically transfer to real life and the moment we find ourselves in a a less "safe" environment, the self-doubt, hesitation, stuttering and memory gaps begin to take over.

I am therefore keen to move on to stage 2 of my experiment in building self-confidence/trust for language learners by creating a safe space for groups of like-minded individuals to share their ideas and get used to expressing themselves to groups in English, overcoming their fears and reaping the benefits of the 3 "S"s !! - Synergy, Serendipity and Syncroncity.

I shall start the ball rolling in the first meeting by presenting my preferred coaching model "The Heart of Coaching" by Tom Crane, in a Round Table Meeting which will I hope provoke some interesting discussion on different coaching models and experiences involving all the audience.

In subsequent meetings we will encourage other members to make presentations on some other aspects of Coaching, Leadership, HR, OD or Personal Development intended to generate a similar interactive meeting.

Provisional date for the first meeting is Monday 9th April at 19:00 somewhere in Providencia (Exact location to be confirmed). There will be no cost ...and no coffee or trimmings!!! ;) Let me know if you are interested by adding your comment to this blog or mailing me at: philiprayr@gmail.com

Hope you can make it!!

Organizational Impact on Education

I hope you have had the opportunity to see the Educational Case Study on Guatemala - a government initiative that is having an incredible impact on over 1 million school leavers who have been through the Seven Habits Programme in Spanish graduating with a personal mission for themselves, a new vision for their country and executing their own community projects that they were invited to envision. (See article and video below -"Dreams Coming True")

I have to confess that I winced when I heard about the leadership programmes they are running in the US for kindergarden students!! However, the following trailer is fun and the testimonials you will see below on Chestnut Grove and AB Combes are quite eloquent and I would be interested in receiving feedback:

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CASE STUDIES

A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School In 1999, A.B. Combs Elementary School was the lowest-performing school in the district. They were issued a challenge to invent a learning model in one week that was different than that of any other school in the nation. After implementing annual training using The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, FOCUS: Achieving Your Highest Priorities, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, and The 4 Roles of Leadership, A.B. Combs increased the percentage of students who perform above grade level from 67 percent to 97 percent and became the first elementary leadership school in the nation.

Chestnut Grove The value of "The Leader in Me" and "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"at Chestnut Grove Elementary School in Decatur, Alabama, USA.

CHILE

Our work in Chile with schools and educational institutions has been more on the organizational side where we have achieved results similar to those described in the report below:

Organizational Impact of the 7 Habits on Schools and Colleges

Former professor of communication and FranklinCovey consultant Susan Baile conducted a study involving nearly 40 schools and colleges in the United States in 1998. After interviewing 140 teachers, administrators, and others, Baile concluded that the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People training course produced positive organizational, not just personal, change. The positive value of the 7 Habits for the following organizational components was confirmed: 1. Workplace Satisfaction; 2. Communication Between Employees; 3. Teamwork; 4. Organizational Goal Focus; 5. Conflict Management/Collaboration; and 6. Organizational Resilience. This document, written in 2008, summarizes the Baile study and adds some additional context to the value of 7 Habits in the schools.

We have done very little limited work to date with the ABSCH schools and associates or with their American counterparts in Chile. During April and May we are keen to explore opportunities of collaborating with all those schools who are keen to improve their academic and organizational excellence, attracting and retaining in the process top professionals who are stifled by ineffective administration and lack of team work.

If you are interested in finding out more please give me a call on 234 53 44 or drop me a mail at pray@franklincoveyla.com and I would be delighted to coordinate an interactive session with a group of teachers and/or administrators to discuss some of our solutions and understand your major challenges and opportunities.

A picture is worth a thousand words

See Below for English

MICARE MINA DE CARBON EN MEXICO (PIEDRAS NEGRAS)

Este video les explicará, mejor que mil palabras, varias de las razones por las que tomé la decisión de unirme con Franklin Covey para relanzar el proyecto en Chile. El proyecto educacional (ver "Dreams Coming True") es otro.

Estaremos programando algunas sesiones especiales durante Abril para darles a miembros de nuestro equipo local más experiencia en la entrega de este contenido en el mercado nacional.

Cualquier persona que desee asistir, puede hacerlo, a un precio muy especial, contactándose directamente a: pray@franklincoveyla.com.

Los programas de Franklin Covey son un excelente complemento a "Conversaciones Cruciales". Sigo colaborando con Boyden y Vital Smarts para estos efectos.


ENGLISH

For those of you who are still wondering why I moved back to Franklin Covey - take a look at this video about the Micare Coal Mine in Mexico which will save a lot of explanations. The stuff they are doing with "4 Disciplines" and xQ as well as with the new versions of Seven Habits is having a profound effect on productivity, safety and bottom line.

We shall be programming some special sessions during April to give members of our local team some more experience in delivering new workshop content. Anyone interested in attending these programme at very special rate can contact me directly on: pray@franklincoveyla.com.

The Franklin Covey content is a tremendous complement to the Vital Smarts programmes and I shall be available to provide support to clients of Boyden and Vital Smarts for the Crucial Conversations workshops in the forseeable future.

FRANKLIN COVEY - RELOADED !

Acuerdos en Mexico

En la foto; Roberto Schüler, Bill Beeson, Jose Luis Candela, Philip Ray, Thelma Aguiire, Guillermo Ganem, Sofia Soccorro y Ricardo Acevedo con el Director de Capital Humano, Ovidio Guillén y queridas amigas Marta Sanchez y Barbara Hauser, quienes condujeron intensas sesiones de recertificación en los nuevos programas de Franklin Covey en las oficinas de Leadership Technologies en Mexico.

A partir del 9 de enero este año, Roberto Schüler y yo volvimos a la carga con Franklin Covey, acompañados por María Paz Rioseco, formando parte de la red de consultores integrales de Leadership Technologies operando en Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua y Panamá.

Durante las próximas semanas espero tener tiempo, a través de este blog, de compartir algunos de los nuevos programas que podemos ofrecer en Chile y nuestros planes para sinergizar con Boyden institute para seguir atendiendo a los clientes de Conversaciones Cruciales y Coaching Transformacional, por lo menos durante un periodo de transición.

Mientras tanto, les invito a la portada de la nueva página web de Franklin Covey que espero les ayudará a entender mis motivos para tomar esta decisión trascendental - http://www.fcla.com/quienes_1.html

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