FranklinCovey's Project Management Workshops Help Organizations, Teams and Individuals across the Middle East Start, Manage and Complete Work Projects More Effectively

Dubai, UAE - 3 July 2007: FranklinCovey Middle East announced today that it has updated and enhanced its project management workshops with new content and tools to help organizations, teams and individuals across the Middle East to more effectively start, manage and complete their work projects.

Many companies today face out-of-control costs brought on by projects that are full of changes, past deadline, over budget and that require more resources than originally projected. They are plagued by projects that constantly need modifications because they weren't well planned and executed the first time. And, late projects create unsatisfied customers, open the door to increased competition and can have serious financial impact on the bottom line.

"Although this is a product available globally, it has particular relevance here in the Middle East," explained Murad Suleiman, General Manager, FranklinCovey Middle East. "The pace with which both the number and size of projects in the region has increased is such that companies have not been able to keep up with it. They need to revisit their project management methodologies and strategy in order to reduce the failure rate and ultimately the effect on their bottom line and success rates."

According to a 2004 PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of senior management and project managers from 200 companies from 30 countries, only 2.5 percent of these companies had 100 percent of their projects on time, within budget, to scope and delivering the right business benefits.

The same study shows that more than 60 percent of the companies surveyed do not offer regular staff development programs to help employees build the necessary capabilities and on a continuous basis to help them be successful in project management.

"For years, organizations have struggled to get their projects done on time, within budget and scope. In the long run, it seriously impacts their bottom line," says Sean Covey, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Architect at FranklinCovey. "We have recently updated FranklinCovey's Project Management workshops with new content and tools to help companies dramatically improve their project management by using our proven four-step process, guaranteed to increase their project success rates."

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About Franklin Covey Middle East
Franklin Covey Middle East is a leader in Leadership Development, Organization Performance, Strategy Execution, Communication & Teamwork, Project Management and Effectiveness solutions for organizations, teams, and individuals. In alignment with Franklin Covey's approach, Franklin Covey Middle East partners with organizations across the region to help them achieve tangible and measurable business results through its Sustained Superior Performance Model. In-house programmes are customized to clients needs and desired results. Ongoing public workshops are scheduled in all core solution areas, focusing on personal, leadership and organizational performance at every level. Additionally, FCME provides Organizational License Agreements to enable large organizations conducting FC solutions using a cost effective model.

FranklinCovey helps companies succeed by unleashing the power of their workforce to focus and execute on top business priorities. FC has trained more than 3 million people worldwide in thousands of organizations to be more effective and get better business and life results. 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies used FranklinCovey to improve people working from the inside-out and develop their leadership capability that resulted in 40 percent improvement in personal effectiveness and 557 percent return on investment.

For more enquires about FranklinCovey Middle East solutions, please contact us at 04-3322244

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