Client Advisor Awards Names 2009 Winners

Fourth annual awards program now nationally recognizes professionalism in relationships between professional services firms and their clients.
By: Creative Growth Group
 
Dec. 9, 2009 - PRLog -- 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 professional services firms achieve superior, lasting and predictable business development results. For more information, contact Andrew Dietz at 404-664-7484 or a.dietz@creativegrowthgroup.com
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