Dan Purkey
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Dan Purkey

Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Dan Purkey is the President of The Open Door Group, a consulting firm that specializes in helping management move entire organizations to achieve results not thought possible. He does this through speaking, publishing management books, publishing novels with effective communication lessons, coaching, and consulting. He has 40+ years of experience in business working at the executive level with and for companies as large as Fortune 500 and as small as 15 employees. Dan is a resident of Kent, WA and has lived more than half his life in the Seattle area. He has a BA in Education from the University of Washington and a Masters degree in Business Organizational Leadership from City University of Seattle. He also is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He played basketball for the University of Washington. He’s seen it all and fixed most of it. He has a somewhat unique combination of sales, operations, human resources, and regulatory experience, with a focus on organizational operations—those inter- and intra-departmental, customer, employee, and vendor processes that easily get gummed up and act as a drain on profitability without management even knowing about it, since it just appears as “business as usual.” His most recent novel is a realistic fantasy thriller called Eo's Realm, which is Book 1 of a planned four-book series called Eo's Tales - The Legends of Sasquatch. He’s published a futuristic detective novel called Trackers that conspiracy theorists love. Purkey is also the author of Uncommon Sense Management, a management book that helps managers turn theory into practice to drive smoother and better results. His management book It's Not That Hard. Just Do This. achieved a coveted #1 bestseller status because it provides practical effective communication tools to help prevent miscommunication, misunderstandings, arguments, and stress that are valuable for both business and personal lives. Dan’s been married to his wife Terrie for over 40 years and has two sons, both of whom reside in the Seattle area. For recreation, Purkey reads novels, brews beer, plays Disc (please don't call it Frisbee) Golf, ping pong, chess, and competitive games of all sorts.
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