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Frank Acuff, M.A., is an internationally known keynote speaker, consultant, author,
and executive coach. His worldwide experience spans both domestic and international
management. He is Director of Management Development International, a management and employee development firm based in Olympia Fields, IL. He was formerly Corporate Vice President of Employee Relations for First Commerce Corporation, a $3.8 billion bank holding company. While working for McDermott International, a large multinational energy services firm, Acuff held key management positions in the United States, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. His corporate positions included worldwide responsibilities.
Frank Acuff is informative, practical, and entertaining. He brings a unique experience that can be offered only by a speaker who's conducted business in such diverse settings
as Europe, Asia, South America, Middle East, Africa and other places.
Acuff's seminars focus on these areas:
• Domestic and International Negotiating Strategies
• Management and Leadership Strategies
• Strategic Thinking
Clients include Accenture, American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American Management Association, ARAMCO, Argonne National Laboratory, AT&T, Assurant Solutions, Bank of America, AutoTrader, Bank of Canada, Barr Pharmaceuticals, Biogen, BDO Dunwoody, BlueCross BlueShield, Boston Scientific, Canadian Management Centre, Capital One, Caterpillar, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Tribune, Coca-Cola, CNN, Delta Air Lines, Discover Financial, Dresser-Rand, Exxon International, FDIC, Federal Home Loan Bank Atlanta, Harpo, GlaxoSmithKline, Goodrich, Grainger, Hitachi, Home Depot, Honda of America, Int'l. Mergers & Acquisition Grp., Int'l. Truck & Engine, Jason's Deli, Joy Global Mining, JP Morgan, Kennecott Energy, Kenneth Cole Productions, Kluwer Academic Publishing, Kohler, MasterCard Int'l., Microsoft, Monsanto, Ogilvy & Mather, Pfizer, Pillsbury, Pitney Bowes, Progress Energy, RBTT Bank Jamaica, Royal Bank, Sears, Sprint International, St. Jude Medical, Trane, TJX, TTX, Turner Communications, Unilever, U.S. Army, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Defense Institute, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University of Bermuda, University of Cayman Islands, Walgreens, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Westfield Insurance Group, Weiman Co., Wilson Sporting Goods, and the Wrigley Company.
He is the author of How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World, the standard on global negotiating published by AMACOM books, now in it's 3rd edition. Publishers Weekly had this to say about the book: "Acuff's knowledge of local business practices worldwide and his familiarity with many different cultures, customs and national psychologies is impressive and will be helpful to those working abroad in business, diplomacy and the military." Acuff is also the author of Shake Hands with the Devil: How to Master Life's Negotiations from Hell, published by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. The Dallas Morning News says that "Acuff's style is witty, and so are the names of some of the chapters: Getting Work Out of Slugs and Gaining Leverage Without Authority. Mr Acuff is adept at being pointed without being offensive.""
Acuff is an adjunct professor of organization behavior at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, teaching Negotiating Strategies. He completed his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Illinois, in Champaign-Urbana.
He is regularly quoted by a wide variety of periodicals, from The Wall Street Journal and Investor's Daily, to Men's Health and Better Homes and Garden. He was featured on American Airlines audio program, "The Best Speakers in America" and has appeared on CNN and MSNBC.
and executive coach. His worldwide experience spans both domestic and international
management. He is Director of Management Development International, a management and employee development firm based in Olympia Fields, IL. He was formerly Corporate Vice President of Employee Relations for First Commerce Corporation, a $3.8 billion bank holding company. While working for McDermott International, a large multinational energy services firm, Acuff held key management positions in the United States, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. His corporate positions included worldwide responsibilities.
Frank Acuff is informative, practical, and entertaining. He brings a unique experience that can be offered only by a speaker who's conducted business in such diverse settings
as Europe, Asia, South America, Middle East, Africa and other places.
Acuff's seminars focus on these areas:
• Domestic and International Negotiating Strategies
• Management and Leadership Strategies
• Strategic Thinking
Clients include Accenture, American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American Management Association, ARAMCO, Argonne National Laboratory, AT&T, Assurant Solutions, Bank of America, AutoTrader, Bank of Canada, Barr Pharmaceuticals, Biogen, BDO Dunwoody, BlueCross BlueShield, Boston Scientific, Canadian Management Centre, Capital One, Caterpillar, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Tribune, Coca-Cola, CNN, Delta Air Lines, Discover Financial, Dresser-Rand, Exxon International, FDIC, Federal Home Loan Bank Atlanta, Harpo, GlaxoSmithKline, Goodrich, Grainger, Hitachi, Home Depot, Honda of America, Int'l. Mergers & Acquisition Grp., Int'l. Truck & Engine, Jason's Deli, Joy Global Mining, JP Morgan, Kennecott Energy, Kenneth Cole Productions, Kluwer Academic Publishing, Kohler, MasterCard Int'l., Microsoft, Monsanto, Ogilvy & Mather, Pfizer, Pillsbury, Pitney Bowes, Progress Energy, RBTT Bank Jamaica, Royal Bank, Sears, Sprint International, St. Jude Medical, Trane, TJX, TTX, Turner Communications, Unilever, U.S. Army, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Defense Institute, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University of Bermuda, University of Cayman Islands, Walgreens, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Westfield Insurance Group, Weiman Co., Wilson Sporting Goods, and the Wrigley Company.
He is the author of How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World, the standard on global negotiating published by AMACOM books, now in it's 3rd edition. Publishers Weekly had this to say about the book: "Acuff's knowledge of local business practices worldwide and his familiarity with many different cultures, customs and national psychologies is impressive and will be helpful to those working abroad in business, diplomacy and the military." Acuff is also the author of Shake Hands with the Devil: How to Master Life's Negotiations from Hell, published by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. The Dallas Morning News says that "Acuff's style is witty, and so are the names of some of the chapters: Getting Work Out of Slugs and Gaining Leverage Without Authority. Mr Acuff is adept at being pointed without being offensive.""
Acuff is an adjunct professor of organization behavior at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, teaching Negotiating Strategies. He completed his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Illinois, in Champaign-Urbana.
He is regularly quoted by a wide variety of periodicals, from The Wall Street Journal and Investor's Daily, to Men's Health and Better Homes and Garden. He was featured on American Airlines audio program, "The Best Speakers in America" and has appeared on CNN and MSNBC.
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