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Portrait of Chris McChesney
FRANKLINCOVEY

Global Practice Leader
of Execution

MEET CHRIS McCHESNEY

Meet Chris McChesney.

Helping leaders turn their most important goals into results.

Chris McChesney is the lead architect and co-author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution®, a Wall Street Journal bestseller. For more than 25 years, he has led FranklinCovey’s development of 4DX and its consulting work, helping thousands of organizations improve execution.

His FranklinCovey career began working directly with Dr. Stephen R. Covey. Drawing on hands-on work with organizations including Marriott International, Coca-Cola, Kroger, and Comcast, Chris brings practical execution experience to the stage and the leadership table.

4,000+Organizations served
by Chris’s 4DX practice
22Countries where
Chris has spoken
25+Years helping develop
the 4DX approach
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EXPERIENCE AT THE LEADERSHIP TABLE

Working where strategy
meets execution.

Chris’s executive engagements include leadership teams at these organizations.

Coca-Cola

North American
Leadership Team

Shell

Executive Leadership Team,
Deep Water Division

Marriott International

Senior Leadership Team
for the Americas

Executive-team experience described on Chris’s official profile.

Chris has a unique ability to distill big concepts into clear, practical strategies that leaders can immediately apply with their teams.
Jamie Tassa

VP of Events, Chief Executive Group

THE FRAMEWORK BEHIND THE WORK

The 4 Disciplines
of Execution®

At the heart of Chris’s work is The 4 Disciplines of Execution®: a way to help teams make progress on their most important goals amid the demands of everyday work.

01 Focus on the wildly important

Decide what deserves exceptional focus. Give your team a clear goal instead of a growing list of competing priorities.

02 Act on the lead measures

Identify the actions your team can influence that are most likely to move the result you want.

03 Keep a compelling scoreboard

Make progress visible. Help people quickly see where they stand and whether their efforts are working.

04 Create a cadence of accountability

Make time for regular commitments and follow-through, so the important work keeps moving.

THE BESTSELLING BOOK

The 4 Disciplines of Execution, second edition book cover

THE 4 DISCIPLINES
OF EXECUTION

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YOUR NEXT STEP

Let’s find the right fit.

Tell us about your event, your team, or the challenge you’re working through.

Chris in action

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Meet Chris 

Helping you get results through predictable execution. 

"For over 20 years, Chris's practice has helped thousands of organizations to improve their execution."

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Lead architect of #1 Wall Street Journal best-selling business book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution®

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  • Wall Street Journal’s #1 Best-Seller

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  • 1 million+ copies sold 

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  • 15 languages
     

What are the 4 Disciplines?

Chris has a single focus: helping organizations get results through predictable execution. 

Worldwide Impact

Chris has been the Global Practice Leader of Execution for Franklin Covey for over 25 years.

 

  • Chris’s team of 4DX consultants has worked with 4,000+ organizations around the world

  • Chris has spoken in 22 countries on 6 continents

  • Personally led many of the most noted implementations of 4DX

  • One of the highest-rated speakers for the Global Leadership Summit 
     

Life & family

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Chris and his wife Constance live in Atlanta, Georgia. They are the proud parents of five daughters and two sons.​

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Chris’s downtime is divided between his passion for waterskiing and windshield talks with his kids.
 

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