Stephen M. R. Covey

"The operator who priced trust as speed and cost."

Stephen M. R. Covey is a leadership thinker and the author of The Speed of Trust. The eldest son of Stephen R. Covey, he ran Covey Leadership Center as CEO, helped merge it with Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey, and now leads FranklinCovey’s Global Speed of Trust Practice. A Harvard MBA, he treats trust as an economic driver rather than a soft virtue.

1 book·Trust & Leadership

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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes

Trust is an economic driver

When trust goes up, speed goes up and cost goes down. Low trust is a tax; high trust is a dividend.

Four cores of credibility

Integrity, intent, capabilities, and results. Miss one and people feel it.

Notable Quotes

"Trust is not a soft, social virtue. It's a hard-edged economic driver."
— The Speed of Trust

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