New, Free ActionCOACH Program Targets Business Success

Westport, CT, January 21, 2010 --(PR.com)-- ActionCOACH of Connecticut, part of the world’s largest business coaching network, is hosting its first Sounding Board, a small business strategies and advisory group, Monday, January 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at its offices, second floor, 1175 Post Road East, Westport. Lunch will be provided. There is no charge to attend the first meeting, but reservations must be made by calling 203 210.7003 or emailing officeops@optonline.net. Ongoing Sounding Board membership is $210 a month.

Sounding Board is a group of like-minded business owners who will meet monthly to discuss new business strategies and ideas with a Certified Action Business Coach. Additionally Sounding Board gives business owners the opportunity to network, exchange experiences and form strategic alliances. Sounding Board membership includes attendance at ActionCOACH full day Quarterly Business Planning Workshops.

“Working with ActionCOACH has streamlined my workday,” says Michael Guerin, head of Automated Merchant Processing. “They helped me put together process maps and detailed flow charts that have freed up my time to think creatively about my business. Our continued growth is a direct result of working with ActionCOACH.”

Sounding Board will be led by successful businessmen and Certified Action Business Coaches Jim Malski and Josh Slavitt.

Malski (jimmalski@actioncoachnow.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.

An international speaker and trainer, Malski is the founder of Westport-based ActionCOACH of Connecticut, repeatedly named one of the top ActionCOACH offices in the world. ActionCOACH of Connecticut is among the largest of the network’s offices in the U.S. Recently, it ranked as the second most successful office in North America and fifth worldwide. He is the author of a number of published columns on business leadership topics.

Slavitt (joshslavitt@actioncoachnow.com) has had a highly successful 25-year business career. At the Philip Morris family of companies, which includes Kraft and Miller Brewing, he created and implemented programs that netted more than $600 million. He also selected and supervised more than 130 employees and consulting firms. Many of the employees he mentored have advanced to successful careers with major corporations.

ActionCOACH has more than 1200 offices in 26 countries. Its coaches work with business owners, executives and professionals using ActionCOACH proprietary business development methods to systematically and consistently grow their profits, free up their time and build winning teams.

For more information about ActionCOACH’s programs and business leadership materials, call 203 210.7003 or visit www.ActionCOACHnow.com. The firm’s blog is at http://youractioncoaches.com.

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