Dana D.
About me
Dana is an organizational psychologist and leadership coach known for improving the workplace through facilitating learning and associated organizational change. His global business and leadership experience includes 24 years of achievements managing professional service teams, conducting strategic marketing, and leading complex business strategies in the technology industry. Dana currently delivers Leadership coaching and consults to organizations focused on transformational change, drawing on first-hand experience addressing the kinds of strategic and tactical challenges his clients experience daily.
Education & Certifications
- Psy.D., Leadership Psychology, William James College
- M.A., Organizational Psychology, MA School of Professional Psychology (now WJC)
- B.A., Sociology, Bates College
- Stanford Certified Project Manager, Stanford University
- Professional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation
Professional Experience
Learn about Dana D’s professional history.
- Senior Program Manager, Tibco Software
- Business Development Executive, Progress Software
- Director, Strategic Marketing, Actional
- Director, Education Services, BroadVision
Functional Experience
All of our coaches are experienced in supporting a variety of business functions. This coach has personal experience in the following professional fields.
Administrative
Business Development
Engineering
Finance
Industry Experience
While you may want to have some similarities with your coach you don’t want too much overlap. A coach’s job is to offer you fresh and new perspectives that you may not be exposed to in your current industry or function. Here are the industries the coach most commonly supports.
Consulting Professional Services
Education
Technology
Coaching Expertise
Coaches have wide skill sets and we can’t list them all. Here are a few areas this coach specializes in helping support.
Organizational Development
Women in Leadership
Company Culture
Mission Vision & Values
Primary Professionals Coached
- New Managers at High Growth Startups
- Founders and C Level Executives
- Leaders in Multinational Companies
- Experienced Managers in Leadership Positions
- Engineers Building Their Management Experience
- Others
Testimonials and Coaching Highlights
Dana has been characterized as a teaching or counseling coach. He values sharing tools and frame works that clients can explore to determine what will best address their unique challenges.
Dana blends his understanding of organizational culture and group dynamics into his coaching work. He believes understanding a client’s context is critical to providing them with his best work. By starting with a client’s “why” and then moving to “how”, Dana has witnessed how they can approach personal change positively and become better leaders.
In his sessions, Dana uses a strength based adaptive process of establishing trust and clarifying assumptions. Through inquiry and listening, he collaborates to identify and determine agreement on challenges, a course of action, and a follow-up process. His method avoids bias inherent in any leadership model in favor of peer reviewed coaching, leadership and organizational research.