Microsoft

FranklinCoveys training program ”The 5 Choices”, combines timeless principles with current neuroscience research to help better manage decisions, attention, and energy to consistently make choices that give the greatest return on time. Activities we call ”Quadrant 2” activities or ”Big Rocks”.

The solution

FranklinCovey together with Microsoft HR created a set-up of The 5 Choices program that would support Microsoft in ”The New World of Work”.

The program started with a training for the Swedish Microsoft Management Team, which then has continued with all Microsoft employees. Until today more than 200 people have participated in the program, consisting of the following steps:

1. A 1 ½-hour start-up meeting (live or webinar) to clarify the why, the what and the how of the program.
2. The actual training process (live or webinar), with both individual and group exercises in all 5 Choices after which all participants are given commitments to work on; concrete activities that are designed to help people to a higher productivity level.
3. A 1½-hour report session (live or webinar), where we measure results, share ideas and best practices.

The results

After the program, the participants reported 6-8 more hours spent on things that are moving the organization forward in a sustainable way – every week per employee.

It is all about working smarter, not harder, and together with collegues to create a culture of sustainable productivity.