Dan Coughlin Executive coach, Dan Coughlin, asserts that great businesses are defined by their ability to accelerate, which he defines as the ability to increase the rate of achieving desired outcomes in a sustainable manner. These 15 applicable truths will enable you to take your company or career from 0 to 60 while optimizing your passion for your work.

About the author:
Dan Coughlin is president of The Coughlin Company, Inc., a consulting firm at the forefront of work on business acceleration. As a business speaker, consultant, and author, Dan has given over 500 presentations on business acceleration, provided more than 1,500 Executive Coaching sessions for presidents, vice-presidents and senior directors of Fortune 500 Companies and major privately owned firms, and written the books, Accelerate: 20 Practical Lessons to Boost Business Momentum (Kaplan Publishing 2007) and Corporate Catalysts: How To Make Your Company More Successful, Whatever Your Title, Income, or Authority (Career Press 2005). The research for Accelerate included over 3,000 hours of on site executive coaching in over 20 industries over a ten-year period. His clients include AT&T, The Boeing Company, Citigroup, The Coca-Cola Company, GSD&M, Marriott International, McDonald’s Corporation, the St. Louis Cardinals, and Toyota Financial Services. He has been interviewed by The New York Times and Investor’s Business Daily, and has written articles for more than 100 trade publications.