please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message franklincovey website www.franklincovey.com trading name franklincovey type public company traded as nyse fc industry education and training services founded may 30 1997 headquarters west valley city utah key people robert whitman chairman ceo stephen young cfo cao vp of finance controller stephen r. covey co founder hyrum w. smith co founder products planners and effectiveness training revenue 205.2 million 1 us 2014 website official website franklin covey co. trading as franklincovey based in west valley city utah is a provider of time management training and assessment services for organizations and individuals . the company was formed on may 30 1997 as a result of an acquisition by franklin quest of stephen r. covey s covey leadership center . among other products the company markets the franklincovey planning system modeled in part on the writings of benjamin franklin and the seven habits of highly effective people based on covey s research . fc organizational products llc is the official licensee of franklincovey products . franklincovey also has sales channels in more than 50 countries worldwide . contents 1 effect of merger 2 store closures 3 products 4 references 5 external links effect of merger edit hyrum smith then the ceo of franklin quest expected that the 1997 acquisition would increase market value through the synergistic combination of covey s seven habits book with the franklin planner and with its associated training courses . citation needed however after the merger franklincovey s stock price dropped from around 20 per share to a low of under 1 per share in early 2003 . as of june 1 2006 it traded around 7 per share which has increased their purchase rate . citation needed from late 2009 to mid 2010 the stock price moved in the range 5.5 to 8 . 2 store closures edit franklin covey selectively closed their stores to the point that they now only have a single retail location in utah . products edit the company markets a variety of book and audio products based on covey s 7 habits material as well as numerous titles by other franklincovey consultants . the company also offers two main training courses one based on the seven habits of highly effective people ; and another based on the original franklinquest time management program now titled focus . additionally franklincovey has launched a line of new training and consulting products focusing on leadership and organizational alignment . software implementation of the company s planning system is named planplus for windows and an online version is offered under the brand planplus online . references edit franklin covey revenue . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 2014 12 01 . franklin covey stock price fc . google.com . retrieved 2014 02 27 . external links edit official website franklincovey history at funding universe franklincovey software software for individuals and businesses featuring the franklincovey planning system retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title franklincovey & oldid 736761746 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 1997companies based in utah1997 establishments in utahhidden categories use mdy dates from april 2012articles needing additional references from january 2009all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2013articles with unsourced statements from october 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 17 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view