Kory Kogon
Kory Kogon is passionate about helping organizations grow their bottom line. Her expertise in coaching, training, and consulting has proved beneficial at all levels throughout an organization from business owners, to managers, to staff.
Clients describe her as dynamic and straight forward. She consistently motivates people to take action. Clients appreciate her ability to offer real world skills that they can apply “now—not next year.”
Kory joins FranklinCovey with a range of unique skills and expertise. In addition to owning her own training and consulting firm, Kory spent over 11 years as an Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations for AlphaGraphics, Inc., a printing franchise with over 300 business centers worldwide.
She was responsible for helping franchisees start up their business, develop staff, and reach profitability in a highly competitive, commodity-driven industry. She also provided training and development in all areas of performance including Quality ISO 9000, technology, e-commerce, human resources, learning-training systems, sales and marketing, financial systems, and operational performance.
Kory has worked in the hospitality industry where she held executive positions in sales, sales management, and training.
In 2005 Kory was honored as one of the “Top 30 Women to Watch” by Utah Magazine. She is the President of the Tucson chapter of The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD). She is an active member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches as well as the National Association of Women Business Owners.
Kory lives in Tucson, Arizona. She loves the outdoors. She enjoys any sporting activity and is an avid racquetball player.
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Which Leadership Mindset Are You?
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As the recession crawls along I see tension in leaders rising, which ADDS to the tension team members already feel. Some leaders are defaulting to their “normal” behavior; task driven, get the job done mentality. And…some leaders are thinking that all the chit chat about having to “engage employees” is out the window because “where are they going to go in this economy”?
As we see some glimmers of optimism and financial stability……
I would suggest a “pause” to consider the long term effects of this thinking or behavior…I understand the tension and task driven…I’m one of those…I also know that if I do NOT:
engage employees
make them feel like part of the team
be very clear with them about what is happening and where we are going
continue to foster great idea generation to optimize systems and processes
THESE GREAT FOLKS WILL BE GONE WHEN THE ECONOMY BREAKS!!!!
The Knowledge Age is only just begun…the Industrial Age is even more gone today as folks re-train on 21st century skills in order to survive with 21st century jobs….We need to plan our way out of the recession…as our Leadership program illustrates….the carrot and the stick is long gone….even though some of us feel like this is a good time to use it.
Resist the urge to totally bear down, invest the time to have your team want to stay with you now….and later.