Company: ActionCOACH
Company Description: ActionCOACH is the number one business and executive coaching firm in the world. it has over 1000 offices in 26 countries.
Nomination Category: Company/Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Multinational Company of the Year in North America

Nomination Title: ActionCOACH

Tell the story about what this nominated company achieved (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

ActionCOACH is the world leader in business and executive coaching as well as
Australia’s largest franchise export. The company began in 1993 in a small room
in a suburb of Brisbane, Australia, when founder & CEO Brad Sugars began
teaching business owners how to grow their sales and increase their sales and
marketing results.

For its first four years, the company was based purely around the seminars and
business coaching services provided by Mr. Sugars. With limits on his time and
endurance, Mr. Sugars and ActionCOACH made the decision to franchise in 1997.

Since then, ActionCOACH has expanded rapidly, and with its global headquarters
now based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ActionCOACH’s franchisees and Master Franchisees
(Master Licensees) are now located in 26 countries with more than 1,000 offices
worldwide.

ActionCOACH is currently ranked the number one business coaching firm in the
world, as well as one of the top 100 global franchises and one of the top 25
home-based franchises by Entrepreneur magazine.
In 2009, ActionCOACH made the Top 50 Franchises (Large Systems) with a ranking
of #17, and received the coveted Franchisee Satisfaction Award conducted by
US-based Franchise Business Review (FBR). Companies in the Top 50 were ranked on
confidential survey responses in the areas of training and support, the
franchise system, the franchisor relationship and financial opportunity.

Most recently, the editors of AllBusines.com (a Dun & Bradstreet company)
researched, compiled and analyzed more than 700 franchise systems to create a
list of the “Best of Best” franchises for 2009. With a ranking of #71,
ActionCOACH was awarded inclusion in the 2009 “AllBusiness AllStar Franchises”
list. Not only is the list regarded as one of the most transparent and
interactive rankings of its kind, it is also the only list that draws primarily
on the in-depth financial analysis of Dun and Bradstreet.

These achievements reflect the company’s vision of “World Abundance through
Business Re-education.” Because small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) are the
backbone of market-based world economies – and because statistics show that one
third of all businesses fail in the first five years – the negative impact on
GDP and job losses caused by business failure is considerable. To confront this
issue, ActionCOACH’s goal is to have a “coach in every business” to reverse
these statistics. Not only would that rate of success impact the wealth of the
individual business owner, it would also positively impact the financially
well-being of the owner’s employees and of the community in which the business
operates.

Each year, a conservative estimate is that an ActionCOACH Business Coach will
positively impact 20 SMBs. By the end of 2009, ActionCOACH will help 23,200
businesses around the world achieve their goals.

In the next five years, based on current growth rates, ActionCOACH will help at
least 164,000 business owners around the world survive and thrive. With the
current economic slowdown, SMBs have been adversely affected, but ActionCOACH
has shown continuing and positive growth, a fact that validates the importance
of this business service.

List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:

Franchise Business Review’s Franchise 50
ActionCOACH Ranks #17 in 2009 FBR's Franchise 50 Despite the Recession
http://www.franchisewire.com/article.php?id=3701

Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 Awards/ Rankings
Entrepreneur Magazine Names ActionCOACH Among America's Top 100 Global Franchises
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS32325+19-Dec-2008+PRN20081219
ActionCOACH Ranked Number One in the Category of Business Coaching for Sixth
Consecutive Year
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/actioncoach-ranked-number-one-in,661540.shtml

AllBusiness.com’s AllBusiness AllStar Franchises for 2009
ActionCOACH Claimed Spot in the 2009 AllBusiness AllStar Franchises Despite
Current Recession
http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/11032/

McGraw Hill Book Deal
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=br_ss_hs/002-5606079-9516848?search-alias=aps&keywords=%27bradley%20j%20sugars%27

Other Important Milestones this year:
Three ActionCOACH Business Coaches Bank Diamond Level in the Middle of the
Current Recession
http://www.pr.com/press-release/126879
ActionCOACH Shows 21% Year Over Year Franchise Growth in Midst of Current Recession
http://www.pr.com/press-release/127502
ActionCOACH Expands into the New Territory of Kenya in the Midst of the Recession
http://www.franchisewire.com/article.php?id=3672
ActionCOACH Spreads Its Wings in the Caribbean
http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/11016/

Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader of this nominated company:

Brad Sugars is a world-renowned entrepreneur, author and Business Coach who has
helped more than a million clients globally find business and personal success.

Financially retired at 26, Brad is a qualified accountant, but most of his
experience comes from owning his own companies. His main company, ActionCOACH,
has more than 1,000 offices in 26 countries and is currently ranked as one of
the top franchises of the world.

The author of 14 books in his “Instant Success Series” published by McGraw-Hill,
Brad was recently featured in the Young Entrepreneur Society’s “The YES Movie,”
which features a number of young entrepreneurs and their view of success.