Monday, November 11, 2013
Following the publication of
Own the Zone and
Lead Like a Boss, business consultant, author and speaker Allan Colman has launched www.allancolman.com, a one-stop Internet destination for top-level business professionals seeking inspiration and information about how to become exceptional leaders with the capability to design successful strategic business growth plans for their businesses. Colman's proven strategies revolve around six core business principles that when implemented will transform leaders and their firms, increasing revenues and expanding marketplaces. Through his keynote address, "Exceptional Leadership in the Closing Zone," Colman explains how executives can remodel outdated firm cultures to business-development and revenue-enhancing structures.
"No one is a 'born leader,' but some are born potential leaders," says Colman, CEO of the international business consultancy The Closers Group, LLC. "Like the potential of athletes, artists and inventors, leadership potential has to be cultivated in a process that identifies specific skills that must be developed, practiced and fine-tuned. Training, along with motivation, can turn good leaders into exceptional leaders."
Colman has spent 25 years speaking about strategic business road mapping to hundreds of firms, including Bullard Law, Hinshaw Culbertson, OgletreeDeakins, Dames & Moore, and associations such as Lawyers Associated Worldwide and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. He is one of the top business development executives in the country and a leader in helping professional service firms strengthen their business development productivity, step into the current business culture and economic climate, and generate more revenue. The business development structures he has put into place with clients continue to perform and produce measurable results. His work has generated millions of dollars for his firms and with his clients.
Colman is also an entrepreneur. He founded international business consultancy the Closers Group, which has helped firms and companies from 15 employees to 15,000 fulfill their potential. He was also a co-founding partner in DecisionQuest, a nationwide jury research firm. In addition to his two books, Colman contributes to major publications and blogs such as CommPro.Biz, Bloomberg Law, National Law Journal, Managing Partner, Law360, Of Counsel and Marketing the Law Firm. He is the leading authority on how to close new business and is the "the go-to-guy" for growing business.
To book Colman for a speaking engagement, go to www.allancolman.com.
Contact: Brenda McGann, (310) 649-1450,
brenda@mcgannpr.com
About Allan Colman
Business Development Executive, Speaker and Author Dr. Allan Colman understands the challenges facing both entrepreneurs and established businesses. He has advised organizations from 10 to 15,000 employees, customizing growth plans to fit size and industry.
In addition to his thriving consulting firm, Colman co-founded and served as Senior VP of DecisionQuest, working with his partners in growing the firm to 12 locations, selling the company, repurchasing it, increasing its value then selling it again. Before that, Colman served as president of the MCO Company and Litigation Sciences and has been the leader of a 5,600 employee public agency.
As CEO of the Closers Group, a business development advisory, Allan Colman has spent more than two decades helping law firms and professional service firms generate more revenue. He has brought in millions of dollars of new business and built business development structures that continue to perform. His clients call him their MENTOR/TORMENTOR.
Allan is known for his passion in developing pioneering strategies and for his ability to help clients generate business rapidly. He has spent many years listening to in-house counsel and business executives make decisions. Allan understands their reasoning for selecting outside professionals, and has also worked closely with law firms as they select their own advisers and consultants.
Allan holds Masters and Doctorate degrees from New York University. He is a pro bono mediator for the California Court of Appeals and the Los Angeles County Superior Court. His community activities have included Board positions with the Children’s Cancer Research Fund, Los Angeles Council of Boy Scouts of America, Rotary Foundation and California Medical Center Foundation. He was awarded the “Masada Samurai Warrior” in 2004 by Masada Homes honoring his pro-bono work.
He has served on the Board of Editors for Marketing the Law Firm and has a featured blog, The Red Zone, on the Law Journal Newsletters home page. Professional articles he has written and co-written have appeared in Bloomberg Law Management, National Law Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Diversity & the Bar, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Strategies, Of Counsel, Minnesota Bench and Bar, and Law 360.
Allan has been a featured speaker at firm-wide events and practice area groups as diverse as Burt Hill (Architects and Engineers), PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Mississippi and Rhode Island Bar Associations, Legal Marketing Association, American Institute of CPA’s, Federal Defense and Corporate Counsel, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, National Hispanic Bar Association, and companies such as DuPont, Employers’ Reinsurance Co., General Electric and Sears. His webinars on business development have been held by several professional associations.