Dan Sullivan was this year’s recipient of the National Association of Experts, Writers and Speakers™ Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his stellar career in strategic planning and business coaching.

Toronto, Ontario – June 25, 2014 – Entrepreneur coach Dan Sullivan was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from National Association of Experts, Writers and Speakers™ at the first annual EXPY® Awards. The National Association of Experts, Writers and Speakers™ was founded to honor experts for their contribution to education, enlightenment, and business.

The first annual EXPY® Awards was held at the Hard Rock Cafe – Times Square in New York City on April 4, 2014. Over 120 experts, writers and speakers from across the globe joined together for a three-day mastermind event, culminating in the Friday night awards show. In receiving his EXPY® Award, Dan Sullivan shared the stage with such notable business minds as best-selling author and business expert Brian Tracy and President of High Point University Dr. Nido Qubein among many others.

Dan Sullivan is long considered the foremost expert on entrepreneurship in action and is the co-founder of the $25-million company, Strategic Coach – which he launched in 1988 with his business and life partner, Babs Smith. Strategic Coach® recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its strategic-planning and problem-solving tool, The Strategy Circle®. Conceived one afternoon in the fall of 1982, this simple yet multifaceted tool has helped thousands of clients overcome obstacles and achieve their goals more efficiently.

Strategic Coach has grown over the past 25 years, with 75 people on staff at its headquarters in Toronto, 20 in Chicago, and growing teams in California and the UK. Each quarter, Sullivan conducts 12 all-day workshops with a total of 500 entrepreneurs in Toronto and Chicago. Another 2,000 attend workshops run by 15 highly trained associate coaches—all veteran Strategic Coach clients themselves who still run their own successful businesses—in Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and other cities across North America. All told, Strategic Coach has worked with more than 16,000 entrepreneurs worldwide. Dan has been seen on several leading websites including CNBC.com, MarketWatch and Yahoo!Finance.

For more than 25 years, Strategic Coach® has offered successful entrepreneurs a unique process for extraordinary growth, higher income, and exceptional quality of life. Learn more at http://www.strategiccoach.com/

About Dan Sullivan:

Dan Sullivan is founder and president of The Strategic Coach Inc. A visionary, an innovator, and a gifted conceptual thinker, Dan has over 35 years’ experience as a highly regarded speaker, consultant, strategic planner, and coach to entrepreneurial individuals and groups. Dan’s strong belief in and commitment to the power of the entrepreneur is evident in all areas of Strategic Coach® and its successful coaching program, which works to help entrepreneurs reach their full potential in both their business and personal lives.

He is author of over 30 publications, including The Great Crossover, The 21st Century Agent, Creative Destruction, and How The Best Get Better®. He is co-author of The Laws of Lifetime Growth and The Advisor Century.

Dan is married to Babs Smith, his partner in business and in life. They jointly own and operate The Strategic Coach Inc., with offices in Toronto, Chicago, and the U.K. New workshops are also being held in Los Angeles and Vancouver. Dan and Babs reside in Toronto.

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