Curt W. Coffman, MBA
Senior Partner at the Coffman Organization
Curt Coffman consults and presents to Fortune 100 and 500 companies,
and his work spans the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
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.
As Senior Partner and Chief Science Officer of The Coffman Organization, Mr. 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.
His work launched a new era in employee engagement 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 times. He followed that up with another bestselling book, Follow This Path: How the World’s Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential.
An international figure in the world of management and engagement, Mr. Coffman’s work has been translated into over 40 different languages. His research and writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Chief Executive magazine, CIO Magazine, The Economist, Fast Company, Fortune, the Harvard Management Update, Inc. magazine, The International Journal of Management Reviews, Microsoft Executive Circle, The New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, Nurse Leader Journal, and a host of other management journals. He is currently an op-ed contributor to the New York Times.
An insightful and completely engaging speaker, Mr. Coffman has presented to thousands of groups on the topic of creating great places to work and its impact on individuals, families, organizational growth and creating engaged customers.
Mr. Coffman has been married for over 28 years to his talented wife, Tammy. The Coffman’s reside in Denver, Colorado and Lake Las Vegas, NV, and are the proud parents of daughters, Katie and Claire, a son, Clayton and new son-in-law, Geoff.
Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch
The much anticipated follow up publishing from Curt Coffman, 9 Years in the Making!
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.
First, Break All The Rules
Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman expose the fallacies of standard management thinking in First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. In seven chapters, the two consultants debunk some dearly held notions about management, such as “treat people as you like to be treated”; “people are capable of almost anything”; and “a manager’s role is diminishing in today’s economy.” “Great managers are revolutionaries,” the authors write. “This book will take you inside the minds of these managers to explain why they have toppled conventional wisdom and reveal the new truths they have forged in its place.”
Follow This Path
What do the world’s greatest organizations have in common? They know that their most valuable resource is human-their employees and customers. And the best companies understand two important facts: people are emotional first and rational second, and because of that, employees and customers must be emotionally engaged in order for the organization to reach its full potential. Research not only bears that out, but has uncovered the secrets of creating and managing an “emotional economy” that will provide boom possibilities for your company.
