Franklin Covey – Session on Leadership HRD Program Jointly Organized by Ahmedabad Round Table # 40 and CII Yi

Franklin Covey – Session on Leadership
HRD Program Jointly Organized by Ahmedabad Round Table # 40 and CII Yi

Leaderships have great ideas and more importantly they implement it too. Our Area III Chairman and ART 40’s wonder boy Tr. Vineet Parikh was toying with an idea of building a bridge between CII Yi and Round Table. The thought behind it being lots of common synergies – both belong to Youngistan Families, both have common organization structure, both work for common objectives like social responsibility, member’s self development and fellowship. And hence when this opportunity came on a platter, we seized it. It is rightly said : “Great leaders institutionalize”.
Why the program?
Apart from HRD being one of the facets of tabling which a chairman has to give justice to, it was the urge to wake up the leader within each one of us in these challenging times of economic turbulence which took the priority. We all know we are in changed times, Peter Ducker once said, “One cannot manage change, one can only be ahead of it”. More than ever today the need in our organizations is for not just management, and not even effective leadership, but great leadership.
Who were the trainers?
Franklin Covey is considered to be one of the world's largest training companies with a presence in 134 countries. They provide training and consulting services to more than 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, and to more than three fourth of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as thousands of mid-sized and smaller companies. Formed in 1997 through a merger of the Franklin Quest and the Covey Leadership Centre, the company had its foundations in the work of Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of global bestseller "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", and Mr. Hyrum Smith, author of "The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management".
Franklin Covey's powerful new leadership development process builds capabilities in leaders and potential leaders - giving them the mindset and skills to provide vision, build trust, align systems, increase customer loyalty, create a culture of achievement, and inspire and engage their teams in the pursuit of sustainable, worthwhile results. And to showcase these traits, it was none other than Chairman and CEO of Franklin Covey India – Mr. Lavleen Raheja.
What was the learning from the program?
The program was an overview (three hours session) on leadership development starting with
- an overview on being a highly effective and successful person,
- building goals and defining team’s purpose
- followed by a sensational video of a 18 member team successfully climbing Mount Everest whose team leader is visually challenged showing famiexemplary skills of trust, motivation, teamwork, proactive, execution and determination to achieve the desired goals.
- followed by a high tea break
- Than was the all time favorites of all Gujjus, - Money Making Model, a video by Management Guru Mr. Ram Charan defining 5 key aspects of Money Making Model i.e. Cash Flows, Margins, Velocity, Growth and Customer Satisfaction
- Last but the most touching video was on Gramin Bank – Mohommad Yunus (Nobel Prize Winner) and his philosophy of getting on to work on eradication of poverty rather than class room teaching on eradication of poverty. The movement of micro finance has changed lives of 5 billion people across this globe and has compelled biggest leaders of this world to accept that all human beings have equal right and willingness to living and if the purpose is well defined even an illiterate and poor can be a leader within himself and earn his bread with self respect.
Who all attended?
Tablers from ART – 40 and AFRT - 199 and members from CII Yi were of obvious presence. It was good to see the interest amongst tablers sponsoring their family members and office executives in big numbers. The surprise pack was participation from Baroda Young Turks Table # 201 when Chairman Yogesh Nimkar walked in just 5 minutes before the start of the program with his team of 4 tablers to gain out of the program. Our 41ers group also were no less, 41ers Club # 105 was lead by their Chairman Sq. Leg. Niketan Sanghavi alongwith his 4 members from the club. ICICI Bank was kind enough to grant us a part sponsorship for the program and this was possible due to efforts from ART – 40. ICICI Bank team members also attended program in good numbers.
Vote of Thanks
GLMF Tr. Manish Bhanushali who happens to be our super hero of ART – 40, NVP Elect of RTI and also one of key national trainers in HRD Circuits of RTI was on the podium giving vote of thanks to trainer, sponsors, hotel staff and participants at large. Lastly we also stole some quick moments with Mr. Lavleen Raheja CEO, Franklin Covey India on possibilities of a tie up with RTI on national level for conducting HRD programs which got positive affirmations from his side. Cheers to Round Table India.
On conclusion, I read two quotes on Excellence, which I see of relevance here:

“Excellence can be obtained if you:
……. Care more
than others think is wise;
……. Risk more
than others think is safe;
……. Dream more
than others think is practical;
…….expect more
than others think is possible.”


“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is
not an act, but a habit.”

Reported by:
LMF Tr. Prakash Udeshi
Chairman
Ahmedabad Round Table # 40