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Moving Relationships Forward: Understand the Root Cause of Your Successes and Failures, with Todd Davis, Chief People Officer, FranklinCovey and Author, Get Better
I’ve been observing and coaching leaders and others for almost the last 30 years of my career. I’m currently the Chief People Officer at FranklinCovey, which is kind of known as the people company. And through these observations and discussions and meetings, I’ve seen time and time again those specific behaviors that bubble to the top that people are really tripping over, or that are really accelerating, their relationships, and therefore their careers and every other aspect of their lives. That’s where my passion for writing this book has come from. It’s not that I’m some brilliant guy, but I have a lot of reps. I could no more put on a video conference, taping, an educational program like you do because I don’t have experience at it. But I have lots of experience talking with people, listening to people, understanding what’s at the root cause of their successes and their failures. I have a big passion around sharing that with others so that we all don’t have to go through all the trial-and-error so often, and we can learn from those experiences.
Someone asked me the other day, if people were to take only one thing away from this book, what would it be? I want people to take away all 15 practices, but in the end, what I really want them to take away is a thought that I had not too long ago. I was following a motorhome that was pulling a boat, and I think they had some four-wheelers thrown up on top of it–all of these toys I’d love to have. And the man or woman who was driving, the bumper stick said, “He or she who dies with the most toys wins.” Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have all those toys, but I thought to myself, “He or she who dies with the most meaningful relationships wins.” I’m not trying to be on a soapbox here. It’s really where my passion is, and I think it’s really what all of us, at the end of the day, care about. So focus on: where are your relationships, and how meaningful are they, and where are you spending your time and energy?