Kory Kogon Books
Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, and Leena Rinne are leadership and productivity experts at FranklinCovey, a global consulting and training firm.
Known for: Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager, The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity
Books by Kory Kogon
Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience
Presentation Advantage provides a comprehensive framework for creating and delivering powerful presentations that inform, influence, and inspire audiences. Drawing on FranklinCovey’s proven communicat...
Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager
This book provides practical guidance for individuals who manage projects without formal project management training. It introduces essential project management principles—such as initiating, planning...
The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity
The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity is a productivity and time management book that helps readers make better decisions about where to focus their energy and attention. Drawing on re...
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The FranklinCovey Presentation Model: Clarity, Purpose, and Focus
The heart of *Presentation Advantage* lies in the FranklinCovey Presentation Model, a simple yet disciplined framework designed to help you achieve clarity of message, purpose-driven focus, and deep audience connection. This model is built around three anchors: the clarity of what you want to commun...
From Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience
Understanding Your Audience and Structuring for Impact
Before you craft a single slide, you must first understand the minds and motivations of the people in your audience. In my experience, many presentations fail not because the ideas are poor, but because they were never tailored to the listeners’ world. The FranklinCovey approach demands that every a...
From Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience
The Case for Informal Project Management
Early in my career, I used to believe that project management was a specialized profession, reserved for technical experts certified by professional bodies. But as I worked with hundreds of organizations, I discovered that project management is, in fact, the language of getting things done in every ...
From Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager
Initiate
Every successful project begins with clarity of purpose. I always say that if you can’t articulate the 'why,' the 'what' will never fall into place. During the initiation phase, our goal is to establish shared understanding: What are we trying to achieve? What does success look like? Who are the peo...
From Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager
Choice 1 – Act on the Important, Don’t React to the Urgent
The first choice is a mindset shift that changes how we see time and responsibility. Most people live in a constant state of urgency—racing from one crisis to the next, putting out fires, responding to messages, and mistaking activity for progress. But in this reactive mode, life easily becomes a pa...
From The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity
Choice 2 – Go for Extraordinary, Don’t Settle for Ordinary
Productivity without purpose is like running hard in the wrong direction. The second choice demands that we expand our sense of what’s possible—not just checking boxes, but creating results that feel extraordinary because they’re meaningful. The process begins with clarity around your *roles*. Ea...
From The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity
About Kory Kogon
Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, and Leena Rinne are leadership and productivity experts at FranklinCovey, a global consulting and training firm.
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