ActionCOACH Founder and CEO Brad Sugars Named Finalist for Stevie’s Chairman of the Year Award

Las Vegas, NV, May 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Stevie American Business Awards today announced that ActionCOACH founder and CEO, Brad Sugars is a Finalist for the coveted “Chairman of the Year” award. His business and executive coaching firm –ActionCOACH also received Finalist position for the Best Overall Company.

“I am deeply honored to have been named finalist for the prestigious Stevie awards,” Sugars said. “I feel very proud considering I am up against the likes of the leaders of organizations such as AMERIGROUP and Nu Skin Enterprises– I’m in good company and it is a great privilege to be awarded a finalist position.”

The Stevie “Chairman of the Year” award recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

All entries that received an average score of at least 7.0 in the preliminary round of judging, have automatically been designated as Finalists, and will receive a Certificate of Finalist Recognition.

They will compete for the “Chairman of the Year” award, which will be announced on June 22nd at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York.

Sugars believes that along with the laurels of being the world’s number one business and executive coaching firm – also comes the enormous responsibility to deliver.

“As the leader of the world’s number one business coaching firm, I am responsible for leading my own company as well as the entire industry – and that’s a huge responsibility,” he said.

Sugars believes his success rests upon the efforts and dedication of his team – right from the Global office to his network of Business Coaches –all over the world.

“The only reason I’m receiving this award is because of the hard work and enthusiasm of thousands of ActionCOACH franchisees and Master Franchisees worldwide,” Sugars said. “I believe in hiring only the ‘best of best’ –and not the best of a bad bunch.”

For someone who financially retired at the age of 26, Sugars’ success story is what dreams are made of –dreams that require a solid vision and the ability to “think big” at an early age.

“I have three pieces of advice for those who aspire for financial freedom –love what you do, work really hard and take a risk,” he said.

Passionate about helping businesses succeed, Sugars started ActionCOACH from a small room in a suburb of Brisbane, Australia in 1993.

As a result of the incredible growth of the business coaching category, Sugars franchised the company in 1997. He has not looked back since. Today, ActionCOACH has over 1000 franchisees in 26 countries –spanning six continents.

“The best part of our business is seeing our clients get the results they want and watching them do better in this recession than most other businesses,” he said. “For me, creating a great team, giving clients great value for money and luck –defined as ‘laboring under the right knowledge,’ translate into success.”

Passionate about helping businesses succeed, Sugars’ professional background has been dedicated to this cause. He is a world-renowned speaker and author of 14 highly acclaimed books in his “Instant Success Series,” including the bestselling “Business Coach,” published by McGraw Hill. These books explain the fundamentals of business and entrepreneurship in an easy to follow format.

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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