ActionCOACH of Connecticut Announces Business Excellence Award Winners

Westport, CT, March 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- ActionCOACH of Connecticut, part of the world’s largest business coaching organization, has named three Connecticut companies winners of its Business Excellence Award for the first quarter of 2009.

—Growing Solutions, a full service landscaping service based in Ridgefield, won for increasing its cash flow by 97%.
—Pilothouse Communications, Cheshire, a business communications products and services company, won for the highest sales in the firm’s history, with 46% of it in the fourth quarter.
—Tom O’Brien Productions of Washington, a corporate entertainment company, won for increasing its sales conversion rate from 25% to 47% and growing revenues by 23%.

ActionCOACH recognizes the achievements of selected coaching clients every quarter.

Jim Malski, an international speaker and trainer, is the founder of Westport-based ActionCOACH of Connecticut, repeatedly recognized as one of the top ActionCOACH offices in the world. For 2008, it ranked as the second most successful office in North America and fifth worldwide.

Malski (jimmalski@actioncoach.com) began his career as a CPA with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Since then he has bought and sold 16 businesses and held a number of senior management positions, including president, COO, CFO, controller, and coached entrepreneurs on how to profitably grow their organizations through proven financial and business-development practices.

The world’s largest business coaching organization, ActionCOACH has more than 1200 offices in 26 countries. Its coaches work with businesses owners, executives and professionals using ActionCOACH proprietary business development methods to systematically and consistently grow profits, free up their time and build winning teams. ActionCOACH is a member of IBCI, the International Business Coach Institute, the largest professional association for accredited business coaches.

For more information about ActionCOACH’s programs, business leadership materials and career opportunities in coaching, call 203 210.7003 or visit www.ActionCOACHnow.com.

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