Fourth annual awards program now nationally recognizes professionalism in relationships between professional services firms and their clients.
ATLANTA (December 7, 2009) – In its fourth year the Client Advisor Awards, the country’s only Award program honoring the impact of Professional Services Firms, recognized ten companies who set the standard for Client Advisor Professionalism. Through its new tier of National Awards, the program also celebrated the client advisor relationships in other markets.
“The Professional Services sector has an enormous impact on our economy and on our country’s ability to remain competitive in the world,” says Andrew Dietz, Managing Partner of Creative Growth Group, Inc., which first conceived of the Awards program. “In every category of profession, it is easily argued that the United States still hosts the world’s dominant professionals, experts and advisors. As manufacturing has moved offshore what’s left is for us to bring our country’s great advisory and creative problem solving skills more and more to the forefront. And the brain power for this transformation lies within our professional services firms. We believe that it is long overdue that the impact of Professional Services firms and the importance of Client Advisor Relationships is not just recognized but heralded and honored on a national level,” Dietz explained.
It was a natural extension of Atlanta’s professional services strength that the City was host to the first recognition program of its kind, the Client Advisor Awards. Now, four years later, the Awards program has extended beyond Atlanta to recognize those organizations that have demonstrated a world-class approach to the relationship between professional services firms and their clients. Held at Atlanta’s exclusive Piedmont Driving Club on December 1, 2009, the Client Advisor Awards achieved near-capacity attendance as well as continued growth in the quality and quantity of nominations and sponsors.
Given the need for strong leadership in the professional services market especially in the current economic environment, the 2009 Client Advisor Awards featured as its keynote speaker Alan Deutschman,a business journalist and best-selling author of Change or Die and the recently published Walk the Walk: The #1 Rule For Real Leaders.
In its fourth year, the Client Advisor Awards received tremendous response from entrants and sponsors alike. Nominees were evaluated on their excellence in five areas: collaboration, creativity, content and value orientation, capability and credibility. Sponsors included: The Atlanta Business School Alliance, Business Wise, Cbeyond, Constant Contact, Deltek, The Chubb Corporation, Creative Growth Group Inc., Lockton, Strategies Group and Soloflight Design.
2009 Client Advisor Award Winners
Small Professional Services Firm (presented by Constant Contact)
Winner: Communications 21
Finalists: BrightWave Marketing, Jabian Consulting, Argus Benefits
Small Client Organization (presented by Constant Contact)
Winner: Manheim Online Services
Finalist: Merich, Inc.
Mid-Sized Professional Services Firm (presented by Lockton)
Winner: HLB Gross Collins
Finalists: TM Capital, BSPJ, Calysto Communications
Mid-Sized Client Organization (presented by Chubb)
Winner: Resurgens Orthopaedics
Finalists: Atlanta Botanical Garden, EBIX
Large Professional Services Firm (presented by Deltek)
Winner: Gensler
Finalists: McGuire Woods, Cushman & Wakefield
Large Client Organization (presented by Strategies Group)
Winner: Premiere Global Services
Finalists: Global Payments, Inc., Invesco
Local Community Involvement Award (presented by Cbeyond)
Winner: Jabian Consulting
National Community Involvement Award (presented by Cbeyond)
Winner: IBM
National Client Advisor Awards Professional Services Firm (presented by Creative Growth Group)
Winner: Grant Thornton
National Client Advisor Awards Client Organization (presented by Creative Growth Group)
Winner: US ARMY
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About Creative Growth Group
Creative Growth Group, Inc. is the leading consultancy that helps build more profitable client advisor relationships for professional services firms and the companies they serve through research, consulting, connections and coaching. For more information, contact Andrew Dietz at 404-664-7484 or adietz@creativegrowthgroup.com.
About Atlanta Business School Alliance
The Atlanta Business School Alliance is an alliance of Atlanta-area alumni groups from the top-ranked MBA programs including Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, the Johnson School at Cornell University, New York University Stern School of Business, Emory University Goizueta Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the London Business School. For more information, contact Barry Trout at (404) 459-0890 or btrout@hgi1.com.