Curt Coffman, MBA

Curt Coffman's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
A New York Times Bestselling Author, researcher, business scientist, consultant to Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 organizations, MBA and Executive Fellow at the Daniels School of Business, Curt Coffman has invested 30+ years in the science of high performance cultures.

Curt Coffman virtually created the engagement movement, and is currently changing the way organization’s think about their culture, their managers and their business results.   His mission is to help organizations, their leaders, managers and associates to create more engaging and productive workplaces to secure the loyalty and growth of their customers and business. 

As Senior Partner and Chief Science Officer of The Coffman Organization, Curt Coffman has studied hundreds of organizations and millions of employees and customers.  He was formerly the Global Practice Leader for employee and customer engagement at the Gallup Organization for 22 years.   

Curt Coffman's work launched a new era in employee and management development with First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers do Differently  - one of the best selling management books of all time.  He followed that up with another bestselling book, Follow This Path: How the World’s Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential.  His latest book (co-authored with Dr. Kathie Sorensen) is Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch: The Secret to Extraordinary Results.

More About Speaker, Curt Coffman. . .
An international figure in the world of management and engagement, Curt Coffman’s work has been translated in over 40 different languages.  His research and writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, Business Week, Chief Executive Magazine, CIO Magazine, The Economist, Fast Company, Fortune and a host of other management journals. He is currently an op-ed contributor to the New York Times.  

• Discarding Ineffective Customer Strategies and Adopting What Works
• Managing the Emotional Side of Customer Engagement
• Human Sigma — Managing the Human Difference
• Employee Engagement, Development, and Retention
• Building Organic Growth
• What's Hot and What's Not in Business & Management
• The 7 Unforgivable Acts of Leadership
• First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
• Follow This Path: How the World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential
• Management trends
• Employee engagement, development, and retention
• Finding and keeping talented people
• Managing employees and customers in the new "emotional economy"
• Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch: Culture can be the single most important competitive advantage or it can literally have our strategy for lunch. Learn how to assess the risk level within your organization and what to do about it.