Nov 18 2011
Curt Coffman
Business Strategy Expert, Workplace Consultant & Co-Author of ‘First, Break All the Rules’
Curt Coffman is an independent researcher, business scientist, New York Times best selling author, speaker and consultant for many of today’s leading organizations. He currently serves as a Senior Partner of The Coffman Organization. Previously, he spent over 22 years at The Gallup Organization and was the Global Practice Leader for employee and customer engagement consulting. He also serves as Executive Fellow at The Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver. He has consulted with many Fortune 100 and 500 companies, and his work spans the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
“Curt epitomizes that rare blend of studied research and dynamic delivery”
Curt’s research and thoughts have been published in The Economist, Fortune, the International Journal of Management Reviews, USA Today, Business Today (India), Business Week, Inc. Magazine, CIO Magazine, the Harvard Management Update, Fast Company and the New York Times. Coffman is a regular contributor of employee engagement columns to the Gallup Management Journal. His work has spanned all across the globe, including Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and all over the Western Hemisphere.[/expand]
Curt Coffman’s mission is to help organizations understand the key characteristics of a positive, productive, customer-oriented work environment. His research and consulting insights help organizations measure and manage workplace and customer conditions that show linkage to business outcomes. For more than 10 years, Curt Coffman has presented to thousands of groups on the topic of creating great places to work and its impact on individuals, families, organizational growth and creating engaged customers.[/expand]
In his invaluable presentations he expertly and dynamically focuses on the most important aspects of your unique employee and customer experience. He challenges people to look at their business through a refreshing new lens.[/expand]
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