Charles A. Coonradt

Charles A. Coonradt is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Game of Work, an organization founded in 1973 dedicated to the success of its corporate clients. His books, The Game of Work, The Better People Leader, Scorekeeping for Success, Managing the Obvious, and The Four Laws of Debt Free Prosperity, have been labeled as management "must reads." He is a contributing author to the best selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series and has been quoted in two dozen management texts. Charles is also a founding member and frequent lecturer at the School of Entrepreneurship, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University.

The Game of Work’s client list includes many Fortune 500 companies, as well as several other nationally and internationally recognized firms. Companies that have successfully utilized and implemented Charles’s unique concepts include Pepsi Cola, The Chicago Tribune, Nordstroms, The US Air Force and Postal Service, Boeing, Marker Bindings, Molina Medical, Coca-Cola Consolidated and International Paper. Over one million executives, managers, and supervisors on five continents have been exposed to his ideas on feedback, scorekeeping, goal setting, coaching, choice and accountability.

A Graduate of Michigan State University, Charles is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of goal setting and profit improvement.