Dan Coughlin is a student and teacher of practical processes that improve business performance. His purpose is to work with executives and managers so they achieve great performances. He defines a great management performance as significantly improving an organization's most important desired outcomes in a sustainable way. For more than a decade, he has invested over 3,000 hours on-site observing and advising executives and managers in a wide variety of business functions and in more than thirty industries. He and his clients constantly worked to hone simple processes that could improve performance throughout their organizations. As a business keynote speaker, Dan combines real-life stories from his management consulting work with in-depth research of the audience he is speaking to. He then delivers penetrating and practical insights that attendees can use immediately to improve their performance and results. His clients include Toyota, Abbott, Marriott, Shell, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, St. Louis Cardinals, Boeing, Prudential, IKON Office Solutions, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Osram Sylvania, Young Presidents Organization, BMC Software, American Bar Association, American Management Association, AT&T, Jiffy Lube Association of Franchisees, and more than 150 other organizations. Dan has provided hundreds of customized presentations on business acceleration across the United States. His keynote topics include leadership, branding, sales, and innovation. He is the author of the book, The Management 500: A High-Octane Formula for Business (2009) and Accelerate: 20 Practical Lessons to Boost Business Momentum (2007). Dan has been quoted in the USA Today, the New York Times, and Investor's Business Daily, and has had articles published in more than 100 trade publications.