Franklin Covey announces Gulf tour of The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity

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(1888PressRelease) January 18, 2012 - Global provider of management training and consulting services, Franklin Covey, today announced the world tour of its newest offering, The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity, will visit three Gulf states in January for a series of complimentary workshops.

The GCC legs that kick off in Dubai on January 22, 2012, before moving to Doha (January 23rd) and Riyadh (January 30th), feature a complimentary two-and-a-half-hour overview of the workshop, where leadership experts will present the business case and process for creating extraordinary productivity at all levels throughout an organisation to optimise results and increase profitability.

Franklin Covey Middle East's Director of Business Development, Ms Vanessa Hopwood, says: "If despite distractions employees deliberately and consciously choose to focus their attention on accomplishing the right things, and they learn how to effectively harness the opportunities and technologies available, they will experience extraordinary productivity."

More than 17,000 people across the world have already attended the world tour of The 5 Choices in event cities including: Washington D.C., Helsinki, Mexico City, Tokyo, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Delhi, Stockholm, Chicago, Mumbai, London, New York City, Cairo and Hong Kong.

"We're thrilled we can now bring this incredibly popular tour to the Middle East and are sure HR and leadership team delegates will enjoy learning new techniques on how to increase the productivity of their employees by enhancing their ability to make high-impact choices on managing their time, attention, and energy. By clarifying and transforming their key roles in life and effectively dealing with daily distractions, they can achieve extraordinary results, both personally and professionally," Ms Hopwood explains.

With the launch of The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity, Franklin Covey is reframing the global conversation around time management and asserting that, for a focused and highly productive workforce, employees must demonstrate the following skills and be able to:

· Filter vitally important priorities from the flood of incoming distractions
· Re-define roles in terms of making extraordinary contributions
· Create a rhythm of planning and execution that ensures focus on extraordinary outcomes
· Leverage technology towards achieving the most important priorities, while reducing distractions
· Re-charge mental and physical energy to avoid exhaustion and burnout in a high-pressure work environment

Ms Hopwood concludes: "Employees today are overwhelmed with the demands of work, coupled with the barrage of texts, emails, tweets, blogs and other interruptions. The sheer volume of distractions, information and decisions they face daily threatens their ability to think clearly, creatively and strategically. If they react to stimuli without careful discernment, their ability to focus their finest attention on the important things becomes impaired, leaving them, their teams and organisations with only mediocre results.

2 "In contrast, if employees deliberately and consciously choose to focus their attention on accomplishing the right things amidst the distractions, and they learn how to effectively harness the opportunities and technologies available to them, they will produce extraordinary productivity."

Backed by science and years of experience, Franklin Covey has found employees who consistently make the following five choices experience a measurable increase in productivity, an inner sense of peace and fulfilment, and achieve extraordinary results:

1. Act on the important, don't react to the urgent
2. Go for extraordinary, don't settle for the ordinary
3. Schedule the big rocks, don't sort gravel
4. Rule your technology, don't let technology rule you
5. Fuel your fire, don't burn out

The Gulf tour includes:
Dubai: Sunday, January 22, 2012; Murjaan Ballroom, Madinat Jumeirah Conference Hall; 8.30am to 1pm
Doha: Monday, January 23, 2012; Great Room Central, The W Hotel; 8.30am to 1pm
Riyadh: Monday, January 30, 2012; Makarim Hall, Marriott Riyadh; 8.30am to 1.00 pm
To register for the event, please contact Franklin Covey Middle East on +971 4 3322244.

www.franklincoveyme.com
For more media information, please contact Ian Hainey at IHC for Franklin Covey Middle East on +971 50 466 1368, ian ( @ ) ih-c dot com
About Franklin Covey Middle East: Franklin Covey Middle East is a leader in Organisational Performance, Leadership Development, Strategy Execution, Communication & Teamwork, Project Management and Effectiveness solutions for organisations, teams, and individuals. In alignment with Franklin Covey's approach, Franklin Covey Middle East partners with entities across the region to help them achieve tangible and measurable business results through its Sustained Superior Performance Model. In-house programmes are customised to clients' needs and desired results.

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