testimonials and Endorsements

 The results achieved in the planning process in which Dan worked with us were significant in profitability, accountability and teamwork. These results were achieved through sound planning and the development of a strategy focused on our core competencies.

Ron Salter, Vice President 

Wilbur-Ellis Company 

 Dan McGraw has worked with our leadership teams for 15 years, strengthening management and leadership skills. His highly-rated workshops and coaching are engaging, interactive and effective. I highly recommend his work.

Andy Lloyd, Vice-President

James River Equipment

Dan’s coaching and planning skills have been very helpful. He has a  positive and effective way of introducing new processes to diverse teams and gaining understanding and commitment. I would confidently recommend Dan to any organization. 

John Theisen, President 

Orion Industries, Inc

Dan designed and delivered ethics training to all our people. The sessions were compelling, effective and fun and were considered to be the best we had ever presented to our teams. Dan is a business professional with extensive experience in management training and planning. He engages participants at all levels in the organization, often in the same session, and gets everyone involved. His work is highly rated by our people and is effective in enabling understanding and change. 

Brad Beecher 

Retired President and CEO

Empire District Electric Company 

Dan has helped me learn to be a better leader and manager. His guidance has brought clarity into areas of management that have always seemed ambiguous. Most of all, we have seen real business results from the practical application of Dan's teaching and guidance. He helped us move from theory to action and from action to results. 

Blair C. McHaney

President, MxMetrics, Inc

President of the GGFA

Dan presented his team building workshop to 245 of our operations people. He kept the groups on task with high participation, focused on all the elements of identifying team issues and how to overcome them, presented the elements of leadership, and got us done on time. I enthusiastically recommend Dan McGraw and his workshop facilitation for your organization.

Ron Morford

President 

General Construction Co

Dan’s work with us began during our Annual Business Planning session. There, he clearly and concisely laid out the importance of identifying the most important indicators of performance, defining our goals, tracking progress monthly and holding each other accountable for performance. He continued to facilitate our monthly reviews to ensure we stayed focused on our key goals and did not let us drift to generalities. Improved results have followed in the past year!

Dan has helped our organization and our managers stay focused on “What’s Important” and “Who owns its outcome."         I believe Dan’s teaching methodology would benefit any organization looking for operational performance improvements and provide clarity to their long term strategic vision through the use of short term business plan execution.

DAVID J. MILES

Senior Vice-President

Kiewit Company

Dan McGraw worked with Achen-Gardner Construction spanning more than a decade. During this time, our business and profits rose significantly, morale and retention improved and teamwork reached an all-time high. Dan’s involvement and guidance helped us immensely in these achievements. We are better at planning and execution. Our Vision for the future became clear and accountability is part of our culture. Our managers are better leaders and we’re having fun. Dan’s personality, demeanor, aggressiveness, humor, approach and enthusiasm makes him very effective with our employees, who like, respect and listen to him.  He combines style, experience and communication skills in a way that works.

Dennis Troggio, CEO 

Achen-Gardner Construction

Dan McGraw led our Board of Directors Annual Planning meetings for the Gold’s Gym Franchise Association for a decade. During that time, we developed a planning and execution culture in the organization that produced our vision, mission and strategies. Identified our key goals and helped us develop into a working board. This makes us better at accomplishing business initiatives that help our franchisees be successful. Dan knows our business.  Dan is prepared, communicates effectively and helps us focus on those factors that make our volunteer board member’s efforts valuable to our members.

Ginger Collings

Executive Director

Golds Gym Franchise Association