- Founder of ActionCOACH featured speaker at year's premier event 
                                 for small businesses

    Brad Sugars has spent his entire professional career teaching the owners of 
small and medium sized businesses how to be profitable and find balance in 
their lives. He's done this through his workshops, seminars and his founding of 
the world's largest Business Coaching franchise, ActionCOACH and will continue 
his business re-education for small and medium sized businesses when he speaks 
at the 2013 Business Excellence Forum. 

    "There's nothing like speaking to a group of focused business people who 
want to learn and the audience at the Business Excellence Forum will certainly 
fit that bill," Sugars said.

    The Americas Business Excellence Forum 2013 will take place in Las Vegas, 
January 25-26, 2013. The UK/Europe Business Excellence Forum 2013 will take 
place in Portugal, February 8-9, 2013 and the Asia/Pacific Business Excellence 
Forum 2013 will take place in Sydney, Australia February 22-23.

    Entry kits for every category in The 2013 Business Excellence Awards may be 
requested at http://www.actioncoach.com/businessforum2013-awards

    For more information about attending the Business Excellence Forum or for 
entry information for the 2013 Business Excellence Awards, visit 
http://www.actioncoach.com/businessforum2013

    "The Business Excellence Forum is a great way to connect with business 
owners from around the world in a fun, entertaining and educational setting," 
Sugars said. "The need for Business Coaching is stronger than ever, so it's 
important we reach even more business owners with our message, so more 
businesses can be profitable and we can dig out of this economic winter."

    No matter which venue, The 2013 Business Excellence Forum will feature a 
number of outstanding speakers with expertise in the world of small business, 
in addition to networking events, workshops seminars and breakout sessions.

    "This event is a great time, but it's also a great opportunity to learn 
from business experts of all kinds," Sugars said. "The topics at each event 
touch on virtually every aspect of running a healthy business, so no matter 
what needs your business has, you'll get strategies and methodologies to make 
it work better."

    The Business Excellence Forum is sponsored by ActionCOACH as part of the 
company's commitment to business re-education. 

    ActionCOACH is the world's number one business coaching and executive 
coaching firm and has over 1,000 offices, coaching more than 15,000 businesses 
in more than 40 countries every week. To learn more, go to actioncoach.com.

    SOURCE:  ActionCOACH

    CONTACT: Stephen Herzog, StephenHerzog@actioncoach.com, or Michael Horvath, 
michaelhorvath@actioncoach.com, +1-702-795-3188