Performance Management Book Stresses Practical Business Lessons Performance management book, "Accelerate: 20 Practical Lessons To Boost Business Momentum", gives managers and executives practical tactics for attaining their most important business outcomes. PRWEB (May 2007) - Executives and managers hoping to enhance their performance management skills have a new resource. Accelerate: 20 Practical Lessons To Boost Business Momentum presents practical advice based on real-life experiences. Readers benefit from author Dan Coughlin's 3000 hours of on-site executive coaching experience in over 20 industries. Dan's performance management lessons lend practical advice for the enhancement of personal effectiveness, leadership, teamwork, innovation, strategy, branding and execution. This performance management book encourages readers to schedule "thinking time" and end the work day earlier than many other business theories recommend. "Accelerate" is designed to help generate sustainable results within even the most important business outcomes. Accelerate has been endorsed by Mark Sanborn, Jason Jennings, Alan Weiss, Nido Qubein, Jack Covert, Rainey Foster and Steve Farber. In addition to publishing Accelerate, Coughlin was recently inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame, an award given to consultants who, according to the awards sponsors are "regarded by peers as being among the world leaders in consulting, as evidenced by empirical accomplishments in client results, professional contributions, and intellectual property." According to Hall of Fame recognition, he serves as "an example of start-up success, leaving a high school teaching position and rapidly becoming a pre-eminent national executive coach, working with organizations such as Marriott and McDonald's, including the publication of two books in three years on his specialty." An accomplished speaker, Coughlin has delivered more than 500 presentations on management topics for groups including Leading Authorities and Toyota Financial Services. Coughlin has also been quoted on preserving employee dignity in The New York Times business section and in Investor's Business Daily on analyzing business results. He has a four-page interview on mid-level managers appearing in the Summer 2007 Edition of MWorld, the Journal of the American Management Association, and has had his articles on management, performance, leadership, strategy and innovation placed more than 100 times in trade publications. About The Coughlin Company Dan Coughlin serves as president of The Coughlin Company, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in business acceleration and performance management. Clients include Toyota Financial Services, McDonald's Corporation, Marriott International, The Coca-Cola Company and the St. Louis Cardinals. His first book, Corporate Catalysts: How To Make Your Company More Successful, Whatever Your Title, Income or Authority is available from Career Press. Coughlin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MA from Webster University. Dan has also served as an adjunct professor for St. Louis University and Webster University's Graduate School of Business. He is available for speaking engagements and as a guest writer for business publications. More information is available at www.thecoughlincompany.com.