ActionCOACH : Steve Leach, the World's First ActionCOACH Franchisee, Tells His Story

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ActionCOACH : Steve Leach, the World's First ActionCOACH Franchisee, Tells His Story
Published: Oct 13, 2021 | Updated: Sep 7, 2026

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This Steve Leach testimonial captures one of the most credentialed voices inside the ActionCOACH network: Steve Leach is the world's first ActionCOACH franchisee, having joined Brad Sugars in 1997 when business coaching as an industry was still being pioneered. Twenty-plus years on, Steve speaks from the position of having helped build the category itself rather than entering it after it was established. Steve's reading of the brand frames ActionCOACH as an industry pioneer rather than just another franchise opportunity: when he joined, prospective clients couldn't get business coaching the way they can today, and the network has been able to touch business owners' lives at scale ever since. His own results inside the brand back the testimonial - the network has paid him to speak to audiences around the world, made him a multi-millionaire, and given his family a balanced lifestyle, with kids who grew up institutionalised in the action-thinking the brand teaches. Beyond the personal economics, Steve reads the work itself as the most fulfilling job in the world: passing the methodology on to clients in a congruent way, helping them grow their businesses, live their dreams, and liberate themselves from what he calls business slavery - the trap of being first to work and last home, with little freedom or time. He frames the coach role as community-building as much as business-building, with travel and experience embedded into the lifestyle. Steve closes the testimonial with a direct invitation: get involved somehow, as a client or as a coach. Visit Franchise Direct's ActionCOACH profile for current European territory availability and the Request Free Information form.

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