Debra Sunderland Coaching Wins Bronze in 9th annual Best in Biz Awards


Debra Sunderland of Debra Sunderland Coaching of Clarendon Hills, Illinois has been named a bronze winner in Consumer Service of the Year in Best in Biz Awards.

“Winning this award means that my work is uniquely transforming leaders’ lives. The tools I share are now exposed to more lives being changed which will lead to having more joy and trust and less drama and fear. I’m helping to create the culture shift is one leader at a time!”

Debra Sunderland Coaching of Clarendon Hills, Illinois has been named a bronze winner in Consumer Service of the Year in Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America.

Debra Sunderland Coaching specializes in working with CEOs, executives and leaders. The company empowers leaders to shift from unconscious beliefs and behaviors to intentionally creating what they most want. The shift is from blame and defensiveness to learning and ownership. Leaders achieve their desired results and raise up teams who are invited to discover what it is to take radical responsibility and create win-for-all solutions.

Since 2011, Best in Biz Awards’ entrants have spanned the spectrum, from the most innovative local companies and start-ups to some of the most recognizable global brands. With more than 700 entries, the 9th annual program attracted a record number of entries from an impressive array of public and private companies of all sizes and spanning all geographic regions and industries in the U.S. and Canada. Best in Biz Awards 2019 honors were conferred in 80 different categories, including Company of the Year, Fastest-Growing Company, Most Innovative Company, Best Place to Work, Customer Service Department, Executive of the Year, Most Innovative Product, Enterprise Product, Best New Service, CSR Program, Event and Blog of the Year.

“Winning this award means that my work is uniquely transforming leaders’ lives,” said Sunderland. “The tools I share are now exposed to more lives being changed which will lead to having more joy and trust and less drama and fear. I’m helping to create the culture shift is one leader at a time!”

Each year, winners in Best in Biz Awards are determined based on scoring from independent judging panels assembled from some of the most respected newspapers, TV and radio outlets, and business, consumer, technology and trade publications in North America. Combining top editors’ and reporters’ unparalleled expertise and experience with the objectivity inherent in the journalistic ethos and further enhanced by the breadth and variety of outlets represented on the panel, Best in Biz Awards is uniquely able to determine the best of the best from among the hundreds of entries. The 2019 judging panel included, among others, writers from Accounting Today, AdWeek, Associated Press, Barron’s, Consumer Affairs, eWeek, Healthcare Innovation News, Inc., Investment Advisor Magazine, USA Today and Wired.

“It seems to get harder each year to select the best of the best in Best in Biz Awards,” said Mark Huffman, Consumer Affairs, returning to judge Best in Biz Awards for the sixth year. “As a consumer reporter, it is particularly gratifying to me to see so many businesses striving to enhance the customer experience.”

For a full list of gold, silver and bronze winners in Best in Biz Awards 2019, visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com/2019-winners.

About Debra Sunderland:

Debra is the founder of Sunderland Coaching, LLC. With decades of executive and team coaching, she supports executives and their teams in creating an empowered, internal culture – in a diverse range of industry: hi-tech, wealth management, engineering, healthcare, marketing and more. An expert in transformational leadership, culture build, and group dynamics, she specializes in building trust and collaboration; teams that achieve their strategic objectives in an empowered environment. She is passionate about people living full, abundant lives and creating what they most want. Debra graduated from Miami University, holds a degree in Psychology, a certificate in Corporate Goal Coaching, CTI Co-Active training, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, and is an iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram Accredited Practitioner. She lives and coaches clients in both Nashville and Chicago. For more information, visit https://www.sunderlandcoaching.com/.

About Best in Biz Awards

Since 2011, Best in Biz Awards has maintained its premier status as the only independent business awards program judged by a who’s who of prominent reporters and editors from top-tier publications from North America and around the world. Over the years, Best in Biz Awards judges have ranged from Associated Press to the Wall Street Journal and winners have spanned the spectrum, from blue-chip companies that form the bedrock of the world economy to local companies and some of the most innovative start-ups. Each year, Best in Biz Awards honors are conferred in two separate programs: North America and International, and in 80 categories, including company, team, executive, product, and CSR, media, PR and other categories. For more information, visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com/.

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