Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center

On Friday, October 4th we honored Jacqueline Pullinger with our 2024 Stephen R. Covey Principle-Centered Leadership Award. Jackie’s passion for life and purpose is evident in everything she does and says. She shared of her experiences living in and serving the people of Hong Kong, emphasizing that true individual and societal change, progress, and improvement can come from one’s heart focused outward, with an intentional emphasis on helping the individual. Please join us in congratulating Jackie!

We're pleased to introduce the 2024 Covey Center Fellows. We're looking forward to an outstanding year ahead #goaggies #huntsmanschoolofbusiness

Last Friday, we had the incredible opportunity to hear from Britain Covey, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, and the grandson of Stephen R. Covey. It was a brilliant experience for all of our students, regardless of background. Thank you to Britain, and to Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers for putting on this amazing event with us. This was the final workshop in the 2023-24 Principles In Practice workshop series, but look out next semester for more amazing speakers from all walks of life!

Episode 6 of the Building a Leader Podcast is live!! Join our host, Michael Henderson 何睿霆 in a conversation with Alex Dunn. Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Sneak Peak: “...the whole process is not like you're on a path of success and then failures, a detour is like, it's a process, and I actually believe the faster you can iterate, the faster you can go through the process, like the faster you'll get to the kind of results you want to get. So then it becomes like, Hey, how, like, how do I like speed? How do I learn faster? And again, I think a lot of it is about how you choose to view your failures.” #BALPodcast

Learning and growing are important aspects of leadership but also important aspects of self development. One of the easiest ways to be lazy is to sit and consume without a purpose. Consumption of media, food, and entertainment are awesome of the smallest, low requirement of consumption that we face. With accessibility to technology and many forms of media, becoming a consumer is so much easier than it has been in the past. However, building, creating, and producing our all some of the most effective ways to stretch yourself, learn new lessons, and feel productive. Creating takes a lot more effort than consuming and doesn’t yield as fast of a dopamine hit as the consumption process does. However, it yields a longer lasting more fulfilling and inspiring sense of fulfillment. Today, and every day seek to create more than you consume.

It was a great honor hosting David Roskelley, MSPH, CIH, CSP, FAIHA and his wife, Lynda at Utah State University - Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. David is an avid mountain climber and the first American to complete the 7 Volcanic Summist. David showed our students how the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People relates to the mental challenges of mountain climbing. His final words of advice were to Do Something Difficult. We must move out of our comfort zones to summit the metaphorical mountains that are in our lives. Thank you so much, Dave, for sharing your wisdom last Friday.

The tried and exhausted style of leadership is Command & Control, based on compliance and self-interest. Stephen M. R. Covey invites us to model our leadership after Trust & Inspire, focusing on growth and care for other people. This truly inspirational method creates relationships and partnerships with space to thrive, implementing many of Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. How can you implement Trust & Inspire in your daily life?

Leaders understand their ‘WHY” and they help their followers find the same. “The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world,” said Stephen Covey. You are the master of your future. Identify what your values are. How can you better practice these values? Rooting yourself in purpose and principle is the most effective way to lifelong congruence. The Covey Leadership Center fellows and club members frequently facilitate trainings for k-12 students all around the state. Our foundational curriculum focuses on four characteristics that can transform you into an effective leader in your company, on your team, at your school, or in your community. Make sure to read all of the posts that highlight each element of the LEAD acronym that teaches the principles. Leaders are life-long LEARNERS. Leaders are EMPATHETIC. Leaders are AUTHENTIC. Leaders have DRIVE.

Stephen Covey said, “The more authentic you become, the more genuine in your expression, particularly regarding personal experiences and even self-doubts, the more people can relate to your expression and the safer it makes them feel to express themselves”. Authenticity creates a transparent and genuine connection. When leaders are authentic, their words align with their actions, establishing credibility and reliability. What do you believe authenticity to look like? Authenticity comes from a deep congruence with your core values, a profound comprehension of your beliefs, and a commitment to living in harmony with those guiding principles. It involves consistently maintaining your true self, undeterred by external influences that may attempt to alter the way you operate. We encourage you to identify and establish your core values, and begin to run decisions through the filter of those values. The Covey Leadership Center fellows and club members frequently facilitate trainings for k-12 students all around the state. Our foundational curriculum focuses on four characteristics that can transform you into an effective leader in your company, on your team, at your school, or in your community. Make sure to read all of the posts that highlight each element of the LEAD acronym that teaches the principles. Leaders are life-long LEARNERS. Leaders are EMPATHETIC. Leaders are AUTHENTIC. Leaders have DRIVE.

Last month, we hosted the outstanding Irshad Manji, a globally acclaimed author, educator, and the founder of Moral Courage. We had a conversation about how to disagree in a way that is beneficial for both parties. Thank you Utah State University - Jon M. Huntsman School of Business for giving us the opportunity to host this Leadership Forum. Irshad is a great example of a principle-centered leader, and we are so grateful we were able to hear from her.