Business Executive with 25 Years of Experience Wins “Associate/ Employee Coach of the Year” Award

Las Vegas, NV, August 09, 2008 --(PR.com)-- John Lankford was awarded the “Associate/ Employee Coach of the Year Award” for the second time at the ActionCOACH 2008 Global Conference at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in California.

Over a 25-year span, Lankford held executive positions at major corporations including Ford Motor Company and Ascension Health.

Earlier this year, he was awarded the “Rookie Coach of the Year” and the “ActionCOACH Associate Coach of the Year Award” at the company’s annual North American conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lankford is one of seven senior Business Coaches at the ActionCOACH firm in Ft. Myers, Florida. He is a recognized expert on leadership development and frequent speaker and media resource on the topic.

ActionCOACH Founder and CEO Brad Sugars presented this award.

“When we presented him the ‘Rookie Coach of the Year’ and the ActionCOACH ‘Associate Coach of the Year’ awards at the company’s annual North American conference earlier this year, we knew he would come out a winner again. This was very much expected,” Sugars said.

ActionCOACH’s Florida firm has named Lankford Vice President of Leadership Development and has packaged his expertise with ActionCOACH systems to target larger corporations. Lankford is excited with the results as the response to his leadership development offering has been effective. He feels fortunate to have joined the world leader in business coaching.

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

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