Siegfried Award
Horn Program honors Sullivan as first recipient of unique leadership award
9:30 a.m., Nov. 13, 2014--Earlier this month the University of Delaware’s Horn Program in Entrepreneurship hosted an award dinner at the Wilmington Country Club to honor Dan Sullivan, founder and president of The Strategic Coach Inc., as the first recipient of the Siegfried Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Sullivan founded Strategic Coach over 40 years ago. He has personally coached more than 6,000 entrepreneurs and his organization has helped over 17,000 entrepreneurs in 60 different industries to simplify their lives, focus on their Unique Ability, develop their organizations and expand their success in the marketplace.
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The Horn Program’s Siegfried Award recognizes a person or group for their remarkable contributions to advancing entrepreneurial leadership and knowledge.
“The award’s selection criteria allow us to recognize anyone who has made outstanding contributions to the understanding and practice of entrepreneurial leadership, which may include professors, consultants, and entrepreneurs,” said Dan Freeman, director of the Horn Program.
The Siegfried Award was established by Robert L. Siegfried Jr., CEO and president of The Siegfried Group, a leading national certified public accounting firm that helps financial executives with effective leadership and successful execution.
Siegfried also serves as chair of the advisory board for UD’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics.
A panel of three UD professors with leadership expertise and five highly successful entrepreneurs selected winning candidates. Freeman and Siegfried co-chaired the panel.
Members of the selection panel were free to nominate anyone in the world who met the selection criteria. After extensive discussion, Sullivan was unanimously selected by the panel to receive the inaugural award, which includes a $10,000 honorarium.
Panel members said that Sullivan possesses many of the qualities sought in an entrepreneurial leader, such as being a visionary, innovator, conceptual thinker, strategic planner and coach.
Prior to the award dinner, Sullivan and Siegfried spoke during a leadership education workshop organized by the Horn Program. Siegfried said he was impressed by Sullivan’s attitude and ideas.
“Dan Sullivan is a true entrepreneur who is also extremely focused on helping other entrepreneurs become more effective,” said Siegfried. “His positive, growth oriented message and mental agility are always evident and contagious. More than anything else, I believe that Dan and Strategic Coach help entrepreneurs become better leaders.”
Article by Stefanie Spatola