Dan Coughlin works with large and mid-size organizations to improve their business momentum. As a business keynote speaker, Dan Coughlin speaks on leadership, innovation, branding and sales. Dan's experience as a keynote speaker includes: Toyota Financial Services Annual Sales Conference Abbott Laboratories Global Regulatory Conference McDonald's National Leadership Council BMC Software International Sales Managers Conference Annual Meat Conference American Optometric Association's Annual Presidents Council Meeting Marriott International Sales & Marketing Western Region Conference Jiffy Lube Association of Franchisees National Quality Review Annual Conference SolidWorks International Sales Conference Boeing St. Louis Leadership Association Shawnee Mission Medical Center Board & Management Retreat and many others. As a management consultant and seminar leader, Dan Coughlin's clients include Young Presidents Organization, Vistage International, Toyota, Marriott, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, St. Louis Cardinals, Boeing, American Bar Association, Eli Lilly, AT&T, IKON Office Solutions, McCarthy Building Companies, and more than 100 other organizations in over 30 industries. As an executive coach, Dan has provided more than 1,500 coaching sessions for CEOs, division presidents, and senior directors in Fortune 500 companies as well as mid-size organizations. He has invested more than 3,000 hours on site observing executives and managers in their regular work activities. Best known for providing practical processes that propel business performance, he is the author of the books, ACCELERATE: 20 Practical Lessons to Boost Business Momentum (2007), a #4 Business Bestseller for Barnes and Noble, and Corporate Catalysts: How to Make Your Company More Successful, Whatever Your Title, Income, or Authority (2005), which was translated both for China and India. These books have been used in executive education programs at Toyota, Marriott, McDonald's, Boeing, Ronald McDonald House Charities, National Quality Review, and ABA. Quoted in USA Today, the New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, The Journal of the American Management Association, and dozens of other publications, Dan Coughlin has written articles that have been published in more than 100 trade association publications. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Master's Degree in arts and teaching from Webster University. He has served as an adjunct professor on entrepreneurship and business for St. Louis University and Webster University. He lives in St. Louis, MO with his wife, Barb, and their children, Sarah and Ben.