ActionCOACH Awarded Associate Coach of the Year Award at the 2009 Americas Regional Conference
Las Vegas, NV, March 22, 2009 --(
PR.com)-- ActionCOACH, the number one business coaching firm in the world, honored the “best of best” in the world of business coaching at its 2009 Americas Regional Conference held at the Aliante Station Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
John Lankford won recognition with the Associate Coach of the Year award at the Awards Dinner. The finalists for this award included Tom Palzewicz, Tofic Talamas, Chris Dirkers, Eric Castellano and Tony Roy.
ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars presented this award.
“John has been a great coach and has won this award multiple times,” Sugars said. “He has established himself as a high performer – time and again.”
Lankford was awarded the “ActionCOACH Associate Coach of the Year Award” at the company’s annual 2008 North American Conference as well as the 2008 Global Conference.
“It is an honor to be recognized for the second straight year with this prestigious award,” he said.
Over a 27-year span, Lankford has held executive positions at major corporations including Ford Motor Company and Ascension Health.
Most recently, he added executive coaching to his existing business coaching qualifications, which will take up much of his time in 2009.
“A significant focus for 2009 is launching our Executive Coaching and Leadership Development practices around the globe,” he said. “Companies now, more than ever, need strong leadership. Executives gain tremendous value from a trusted business advisor to partner with them.”
Lankford believes that as part of the elite team of trainers that certifies new Executive Coaches, ActionCOACH has tremendous opportunity to be the world’s number one executive coaching organization.
“For 2009, I expect to play a significant role in assisting other coaches and giving back at a higher level to the ActionCOACH global team of coaches,” he said.
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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