Curt Coffman

A New York Times best-selling 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.

Recently featured on the cover of Engaging Strategies Magazine, Mr. 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 organization, 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, 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 best-selling book, Follow This Path: How the World’s Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential. His new book (co-authored with Dr. Kathie Sorensen) Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch: Don’t let it take a bite out of yours – will be released in January 2012.

An international figure in the world of management and engagement, Mr. Coffman’s work has been translated in 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, Nevada and are the proud parents of daughters Katie and Claire, son Clayton, and son-in-law Geoff.