Seminar on Leading a Company Through a Down Economy

Brookfield, CT, July 27, 2008 --(PR.com)-- ActionCOACH of Connecticut, part of the world’s largest business coaching organization, is presenting “How to Make Your Business Thrive Not Just Survive in this Difficult Economy,” a lunchtime program for growth-minded business owners and professionals. The seminar will be held Tuesday, July 29, noon to 2 p.m. at Bailey’s Backyard, 640 Federal Road, Brookfield. For information and reservations, call 203 210-7003 or email officeops@optonline.net. Attendance is limited. The $37 registration fee includes lunch.

This luncheon series is designed to help business owners and professionals who want to learn new ways to build profitability. Topics covered include:

• How to leverage your time to maximize efficiency and profits
• How to work on your business instead of in your business
• How to handle and avoid price shoppers
• How to keep customers returning again and again
• A simple way to capture thousands of dollars in lost profits
• Generate more qualified leads
• Convert more leads into profitable customers

The program will be led by experienced manager and Certified Action Business Coach Kevin Jackson.

Prior to joining Action, Jackson (kevinjackson@actioncoach.com) started and headed his own successful business coaching firm. Before that, he managed a number of highly profitable multimillion dollar projects for the Carrier division of United Technologies, ranked 39 on the Fortune 500 list. And before that, he served with the U.S. Army, primarily in Iraq in engineering management capacities. He left the Army as a Captain after eight years of service. Jackson is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned a master’s degree in engineering management from the University of Missouri.

Westport-based ActionCOACH of Connecticut, founded in 2003 by Jim Malski,has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top three ActionCOACH offices in North America and among the top 20 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 sound financial and business-development practices. He hosts the only Fairfield County business advice radio program, Talking Business, Taking Action, every Saturday from 12:30 to 1 on WSTC-AM (1400) and WNLK-AM (1350).

ActionCOACH has more than 1200 offices in 24 countries. Its coaches work with owners of small to medium sized businesses 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.

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