As we are talking about a companion for time management, the name that comes to our mind is the Franklin Planner. This is basically a paper based time management system available in the market. This planner was created by Hyrum W. Smith. As this is marketed by the company named Franklin Covey and promoted by Stephen Covey, the other name of this planner is Covey Planner. The design of the Covey Planner is like a normal spiral binding book, but its uniqueness is its specially designed loose leaves. These leaves are held by a ring binder to keep all the pages at one place.

The Covey Planner pages have in tabs in between that are arranged according to the months and places are made available in the planner for various specialized accessories. The core idea of the Covey Planner is to consolidate all the information, including tasks and appointment along with the personal records so that the necessary information is not flying around on a piece of paper. This can be regarded as a one stop shop for all the information that is necessary. The Covey Planner is named after the name Benjamin Franklin, who was famous for keeping all the information in the form of a small book kept in his pocket.

The Covey Planner is available in five sizes – Monarch, Classic, Compact, Pocket and Micro. As the names suggest all the five variants vary greatly in size and dimension. A standard planner has a section that comprises two pages per day and a prioritizing deck for tasks, agenda for appointments and daily records of events, which is in the form of a diary. The rear section bears place for addresses and there are other inserts that include a ledger sheets for tracking your finances and even your vehicle mileage. Covey Planner is the best companion by far.

As we are talking about a companion for time management, the name that comes to our mind is the Franklin Planner. This is basically a paper based time management that was created by Hyrum W. Smith. The design of the Franklin Planner is like a normal spiral binding book with specially designed loose leaves that are held by a ring binder. The Franklin Planner is a very popular among those who are willing to and keen in time management and make their work more organized. There is an end for everything. What if the loose leaves of the planner get over? Not to worry. There is Covey Refills that will help solve your problem.

There are varieties of Covey Refills available in the market. Your Franklin Planner may be of the spring wire or of the ring bound, you will get Covey Refills for your planner. You can buy the Covey Refills according to your needs and specifications of your planner and the type of records that you want to keep. Let’s take an example of a mother. If you are a mother and you need to keep track of all the things that a good mom should have to – then for you the Classic Simplicity for Moms Wire Bound Covey Refills are suitable. This will keep you informed about the schedule and the related activities of your kids.

The Ring Bound Weekly planner Covey Refills are for the aspiring and even the experienced working professionals. This will help you keep track of your appointments and daily meetings. The papers with which these refills are manufactured are of very fine and high quality. The design of the refill pages is very attractive and the pages are smooth. These refill pages have soft green boxes and design along with leadership quotes that motivates you every moment. Once you get a Franklin Planner and Franklin Covey Refills you will surely appreciate its ability.

As we are talking about a companion for time management, the name that comes to our mind is the Franklin Planner. This planner was created by Hyrum W. Smith. It is marketed by the company named Franklin Covey and the promoter of this product is Stephen Covey. The design of the Franklin Planner is like a normal spiral binding book, but its uniqueness is its specially designed loose leaves. These leaves are held by a ring binder to keep all the pages at one place.

The Franklin Planner pages have in tabs in between that are arranged according to the months and places are made available in the planner for various specialized accessories. The core idea of the Franklin Planner is to consolidate all the information, including tasks and appointment along with the personal records so that the necessary information is not flying around on a piece of paper. This can be regarded as a one stop shop for all the information that is necessary. The Franklin Planner is named after the name Benjamin Franklin, who was famous for keeping all the information in the form of a small book kept in his pocket.

The Franklin Planner is available in five sizes – Monarch, Classic, Compact, Pocket and Micro. As the names suggest all the five variants vary greatly in size and dimension. A standard planner has a section that comprises two pages per day and a prioritizing deck for tasks, agenda for appointments and daily records of events, which is in the form of a diary. The rear section bears place for addresses and there are other inserts that include a ledger sheets for tracking your finances and even your vehicle mileage. The Franklin Planner is the best companion for your time management.

It is a time management system promoted by Stephen R. Covey. Its physical components include a ring binder that has loose pages in a specific design. It is divided by monthly tabs. The diary accepts a wide range of inserts and specialized accessories. It facilitates consolidation of tasks, appointments and personal events in one place. So that you do not have lose pieces of paper marked “doctor’s appointment on wed at four”,” pick up dress from boutique at 6” and “board meeting on Saturday-prepare presentation” lying around your desk.

Its overall design gives it a tickler file and a long planner quality both. Mostly the annual page inserts have at least five year yearly calendars, month wise calendars for at least three years. These along with the current year’s detailed planner to facilitate highly detailed planning. The use of the total package helps in not just keeping a track of events but also of contracts signed and expenses made. The contracts and documents can be archived in archival binders and the expenses made in business, personal and tax modes can be recorded in the planner.

This Franklin Covey Day Planner was developed in 1984. It was followed up with a time management workshop. The planner is named after Benjamin Franklin who used to keep a small diary with himself at all times to record necessary happenings. The planner is available in five different sizes- 8.5 by 11 inches and 216 by 280 inches called the ‘Monarch’, 5.5 by 8.5 mm and 140 by 216 mm called the Classic, 4.5 by 6.75 mm and 108 by 172mm called the Compact, 3.5 mm by 6 mm and 89 by 153 mm called the Pocket and a Micro size. The standard section designed for daily use has two pages per day for recording tasks, task agenda and appointments. Other than that there is a daily events page or a personal diary entry page. There is a key section at the rear end to record important addresses. To track financial progress we have ledger pages where financial entries, vehicle mileage, petrol consumption or any other personal logs or reference can be kept recorded. The system is not based on “the Seven Habits of Highly Effective people”. It is a system that focuses on your core strengths and helps you prioritize your routine according to what matters the most to you. The technique that lies in the core of the Franklin Covey Planner is to spend the first fifteen minutes of your routine in “solitude and planning”.

It is a whole system of personal recording ring binder diary. The pages of this diary are especially designed to accept a great many accessories and inserts. It provides the very useful facility keeping professional appointments, personal records and financial tracks all in one single organised form. The idea is to eliminate “floating pieces of paper”.  The brilliant design of the Franklin Covey Planner makes it both a tickler file and a long term planner. It has annual pages for up to five years. Monthly plan pages for up to three years and a whole year’s planner; complete with daily, monthly and weekly record pages. The daily record diary has two pages a day to keep appointments, agenda and timings in them. Apart from that it has a personal diary page to be maintained as a journal. It even has ledger pages to keep finances on track to make sure you know where each of you penny has gone. These ledger pages can be used to keep a track of petrol consumption, weight loss and any other progress that one wishes to keep track of.

The whole package of Franklin Covey Planner helps in not just keeping events on track, but also helps in knowing what agreements have been made and not made. This is facilitated by special archival binder insertions. This planner was launched in 1984 and a workshop on time management followed. Then co-founder Stephen covey launched his book “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”.

The Franklin Covey planner is marketed to a Wide population of corporate and government officials all over the United States. It is available in five different sizes- Monarch, Classic, Compact, Pocket and Micro. The business makes remarkable revenue from diary sales, specialised accessory sales, workshops and insertion pages that can be added to the diary. The Franklin Covey business had made whooping revenues worth $282.6 million in the year 2005. This makes it convenient to be used by everyone, from students, to corporate workers, to teachers to government officials and business men. This system is not based on Stephen Covey’s book. Smith’s ‘The 10 natural laws of successful time and life management’ provide a briefing of the plan. He stresses on prioritising tasks in life and paying adequate attention to each task on the basis of its priority. His technique is based on the first fifteen minutes of the day spent in “solitude and planning”.

There are many products that the company markets, like the Franklin Covey Planning system. This system is based on the works of Benjamin Franklin. It also markets a book called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People that is written on the basis of Covey’s research. It has more than eighty retail stores across the United States and sales relations and channels in more than fifty countries around the globe.

The Franklin covey planners still market the planning system called Franklin planner, but not just through their own stores, it is marketed through other retailers as well like Office max, Office depot and staples. It has even expanded into licensing non-Franklin retailers like the “365” [Target] and the “day one line” [Wal Mart]. The seven habits data is used as a base in many of the company’s products including audio CDs and books. There are many titles as well, written by other Franklin Covey consultants. There are two main training courses that the company has to offer, one of them is based on ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ and the other which is called Focus is on the basis of the FranklinQuest time management Program. Apart from the numerous books and audio CDs on these two subject matters, there are also many additional launches that the Franklin Covey company has introduced; they focus on organisational alignment and leadership skills. The company even has a software version of the planning program, they have named it “PlanPlus for Windows” and the online downloadable version is called “PlanPlus Online”.

Currently the Franklin Covey planners is under the leadership of Robert William, who even has an investment position in the firm. This happened on the time of the acquisition, when both Covey and Smith expressed their opinions in favour of Robert Whitman and left the Co- Chairman or Co-CEO position of the company voluntarily. A company co-founded by Stephen R. Covey and Hyrum Smith, in today’s date it is one of the strongest powers in the Education and Training services industry with revenue of approximately $282.6 million (2005). Stephen Young holds the positions of CFO/CAO/VP of Finance/Controller.