Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch: The Secret of Extraordinary Results Igniting the Passion Within

About the Author

Curt Coffman is a New York Times bestselling author, researcher, business scientist, consultant to the University of Denver and Fortune 100 and 500 organizations, MBA, and Executive Fellow at the Daniels School of Business. He has invested 30+ years in the science of high performance cultures. Coffman is a Senior Partner and Chief Science Officer of The Coffman Organization and was formerly the Global Practice Leader for employee and customer engagement at the Gallup Organization for 22 years. He is the author of First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers do Differently, one of the best selling management books of all time, and Follow This Path: How the World’s Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential. His research and writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and a host of other management journals. He is currently an op-ed contributor to the New York Times.

Kathie Sorensen, Ph.D., has extensive leadership experience in creating and delivering integrated, highimpact solutions in all aspects of people management. Sorensen was the aGlobal Practice Leader for The Gallup Organization in the area of talent selection and development. She developed initiatives for all aspects of employee life, from recruiting and selection through leadership development and succession planning, and more than 60 unique talent profiles, directing the research, analysis, and training elements of the engagements. This research has been widely disseminated in the bestselling management book, First, Break All the Rules. She has created client-specific corporate university programs for leadership, management, sales and service, including the Great Manager Program, Leadership Development and Discovery Series, and CEO Leadership Summit, among others. She has earned a PhD., M.A. and B.A., specializing in organizational communication.