About Lou Quinto
Lou offers companies over 30 years of quantified success helping organizations increase revenue, improve processes, and reduce costs using effective critical and creative thinking skills in problem solving and decision making. He has delivered keynotes, coached executives, and conducted training in this essential content area at all levels inside of organizations – from the shop floor all the way up to the C-Suite. His focus on leadership, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, strategic planning, and communication has allowed him to develop and provide comprehensive, high-impact employee development services that has helped Fortune 1000 clients achieve millions of dollars in documented savings and revenue growth. Partnering with companies to achieve a quantified return on their training investment is his on-going priority.
He has conducted critical thinking and leadership workshops for management groups at Kraft Foods, Phillip Morris, Perot Systems, TJ Maxx and Schneider Electric KPMG, General Motors, Rolls Royce, Owens Corning, Lowes, the US Department of Energy, McKesson Corp, Caterpillar, Sunoco, A.O. Smith, Anthem Insurance, Halliburton and Bank of Montreal. Lou believes in a person’s ability to achieve his or her highest potential. The ideas and concepts he shares with his audiences are rooted in practical application. Participants walk away from his seminars or keynotes and immediately begin using the concepts they’ve learned.
Clients consider Lou’s style of speaking, training and coaching as engaging, motivating, and productive, making him a popular choice to include in their employee development and cultural change efforts. Lou is recognized by Action Management and Associates of Plano, TX as a member of its prestigious Million Dollar Club, an award presented to individuals whose clients have documented over $1 million in savings annually by the using the critical thinking tools and processes he teaches. In one year, participants attending seminars led by Lou documented bottom-line savings more than $3.5 million.
You can watch or listen to Lou discuss leadership and management issues as the co-host of the weekly video blog and podcast “Q&A on Breakthrough Leadership.” He is a Master Coach and Keynote Speaker for Action Management Associates in Plano, TX and a Senior Consultant on the Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness team for Executive Development Associates in Oklahoma City, OK. He also delivers leadership programs for Bonfire Training in Indianapolis, IN. Lou is a graduate of Purdue University and resides in Indianapolis, IN.
In addition to his work in the area of corporate learning and development, Lou has consulted with colleges, independent schools, and national and local not-for-profit organizations in their strategic fundraising programs. His work with these organizations included conducting feasibility studies, developing capital, annual, and planned giving fundraising plans, training staff and volunteers, conducting Board Retreats, and providing ongoing campaign consulting. His clients included Marist School in Atlanta, GA; Habitat for Humanity in Americus, GA; International School of Indiana in IN; Sidwell Friends School in Bethesda, MD; Wesleyan College in Macon, GA; The Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN; Phi Gamma Delta International Fraternity in Lexington, KY; International Chiropractors Association of Indiana in Indianapolis; and the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Foundation in Tallahassee, FL.
Contact Lou at Lou@LouQuinto.com or through this website for executive coaching services, speaking engagements, strategic planning facilitation and consulting, and corporate development training programs.
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Lou Quinto is recognized by Action Management
Lou Quinto is recognized by Action Management Associates for his work with clients that have documented over $1,000,000 worth of positive impact annually as a result of his training and consulting efforts. In fact, the largest total in one year – so far – has been over $3.5 million.
“Measuring the impact that training has on a company’s bottom line is a challenging 
task,” Lou reports. “I stress bottom-line impact with all of my clients.”
“Critical thinking is is one of the top competencies organizations identify when conducting a training needs analysis,” Lou says. “It is one of the few competencies that management can address through training and realize an immediate return on their investment.”
Promoting process efficiencies, expeditious problem solving, accurate decision making and problem prevention through his critical thinking workshops have earned Lou his membership in the Million Dollar Club.
“Times are challenging for all organizations. Employees are being challenged to accomplish more with less in order to keep their departments and companies profitable,” Lou points out. “Everyone is searching for ways to do things faster and more efficiently. My critical thinking workshops provide the tools, and the motivation, to be more innovative and efficient when approaching work.”
Lou conducts critical thinking workshops, delivers keynotes and coaches executives for organizations internationally since 1990. His clients include TJMaxx, Bank of Montreal, Owens Corning, Kraft Foods, Phillip Morris, General Cable, Caterpillar, KPMG, and many others.