Winner of the “Best Client Results” Award, Keith Collins Urges Businesses to Get Back to Basics

Gold Coast, Australia, February 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- ActionCOACH Keith Collins who recently received the “Best Client Results” award at the Asia Pacific Conference held in Queensland, Australia, feels privileged to have been honored with an award at a time when uncertainty in the business world looms large.

ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars presented him with this award.

“This award is especially prestigious as it reflects the very core of our business and what we are constantly trying to achieve,” Sugars said. “Bringing great results to our clients is at the very heart of what we do, and it is an honor to present this award to Keith.”

Collins urges business owners to get back to the basics that make a great business.

“It is critical to focus on your customers as without them you will not survive. You should also be looking after your team - training and educating them constantly,” he said. “But the best advice I could give would be to get help - you cannot do it on your own - the most successful business people I know all have many things in common and the number one thing they do is have advisers coaching and mentoring them to optimize performance.”

Collins has simplified his plans for 2009 – considering the economy.

“My plan is simple and it is to help as many business owners as possible within our community to make their dreams come true through building their business,” he said. “Many of these people have devoted their lives and invested everything they have into their business only to become something of a slave to the business, and I'd like to change that.”

Collins thanked all his clients for his award.

“To receive an award like this is indeed humbling; without my clients it would not have been possible, so I'd like to thank those clients I have worked with over the past year, not only for placing the trust in me to be able to help them, but also for the courage and leadership they have shown to make it happen – and achieve great results.”

Business coaching is fast changing the landscape of small and medium sized businesses – in terms of the results it is bringing to the huge number of business owners making use of these services.

Recently, a study conducted by the International Coach Federation that surveyed 210 coaching clients for feedback about the importance and use of coaching revealed that those who were coached enjoyed 62.4% smarter goal-setting; 60.5% more balanced life; 57.1% lower stress levels; 52.4% more self-confidence; 43.3% improvement in quality of life and 25.7% more income.

ActionCOACH is the world’s number one business coaching and executive coaching firm, with more than 1,000 offices in 26 countries. To learn more, go to actioncoach.com.

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