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Dana In Action

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Dana speaks at Johnson & Johnson's Annual Meeting. She shares the secrets of tapping into new ways of thinking and strategies to attain a next level mindset and tangible results.

Dana Janzen - Leadership Speaker

Dana speaks to various audiences of organizational leaders who aspire to make a bigger difference, to impact more positively and to learn how to tap into their inner resilience and courage.

About Dana

Dana is chosen as a trusted executive coach by C-suite executives, vice presidents, and directors who regularly navigate a matrix of people and politics in complex organizations.

She leverages over 20 years of experience working with established and quickly rising senior leaders and their teams in companies from coast to coast. She has found that executives can become masterful leaders when they become more self-aware, are willing to try new approaches and are open to candid feedback.

With her trademark energy and wit, Dana leads groups of high-performing business executives to create aha moments when they discover unforeseen avenues to success.

Whether providing personalized leadership coaching to an executive, working with a team over time, delivering keynote speeches to hundreds of people, or leading interactive sessions with senior teams, she builds on the expertise in the room and challenges the status quo to open up new horizons.

Dana encourages her audiences to push themselves beyond their comfort zones, to take risks, and to be patient with themselves as they gain the confidence to expand their leadership skills.

She is a sought-after speaker coach for TEDx Toronto, resulting from her proven ability to help corporate executives deliver high impact presentations that connect the speaker and the audience to a common story.

Professional Experience

Dana has experienced, encouraged, and been the arbiter of change for over two decades as an award-winning sales and marketing professional, business advisor, and thought-leading professional in executive leadership. Her professional experience includes working with leading financial organizations, pharmaceutical companies, information technology leaders, medical retail innovators, and more.

Dana’s clients include American Express, Purolator, eBay, Scotiabank, Mazda Canada, Rogers Communications. SkipTheDishes, Deloitte, TD Bank, The Four Seasons Hotels and others across a variety of industries.

Dana partners with successful organizations through 1:1 senior executive coaching, leadership team sessions, longer-term team effectiveness coaching and keynote speaking to influence positive change at every level of the organization.

Qualifications & Accreditations

Dana is as dedicated to her own development as she is yours.

In line with her always-forward motto, Dana has invested steadily in her professional development. She is guided by her spirit of continuous improvement, for her clients and for herself.

Professional Certified Coach, PCC, International Coach Federation
Certified Team Performance Coach, CTPC, Team Coaching International
Certified Executive Coach, Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching
Certified Team Coach and Practitioner, Global Team Coaching Institute
Certified Team Coach, EMCC Global
Certified Hogan Leadership Assessor
Certified Partner: LEA 360 Full Suite, Management Research Group MRG
Certified Practitioner: EQi2.0 and EQ360, EQ Development Group
Named Influence Digest’s Top 15 Coaches in Toronto in 2024

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Tips from Dana

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3 Tips on How to Influence Peers

How Leadership Teams should be Team #1

How Leaders Can Drive More Trust

Dana discusses an article from the Harvard Business Review which talks about the importance of 3 core drivers that leaders need to align with.

The Importance of Thinking Time for Leaders

Dana highlights the critical need for leaders to build in specific time to think, strategize and synthesize. This is especially important when working from home

Podcasts

Dana As Guest

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Dana Speaking About Influence

As a guest on the podcast Inspiring Leaders, Dana talks about influene as a cornerstone of leadership. She shares invaluable tips, perspectives and best practices.

Dana As Host

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Leadership Habits that Drive Results, with Malcolm Eade

As a host on the podcast Inspiring Leaders, Dana interviews Malcolm Eade, the CEO of Salus Global. They discuss his unique approach to developing specific leadership habits which results in a high performing leadership team.

Diversity & Inclusion, with Kim Carlin, PhD

As a host on the podcast Inspiring Leaders, Dana inrerviews Kim Carlin, who is an author, professional speaker and blogger. They discuss Kim's insights about ways that any organization can truly create a culture of inclusion and belonging.

HEAR FROM DANA’S CLIENTS

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Danielle Clark, VP, Global Talent at eBay

"Working with Dana Janzen ... on our year-long team coaching journey created a major unlock for our leadership team... It really has been a game changer for our team."

Managing Director, Global Hedge Fund Administrator

I highly recommend Dana as an Executive and Leadership Coach. Her strategic insights and tailored sessions have significantly improved my clarity, confidence, and proactivity in leadership...

James Pitruniak, Director, Community Banking at Scotiabank

I was fortunate to attend a Sales Coaching for Leaders session that Dana led in Spring 2024. Dana is a terrific facilitator — highly knowledgeable, engaging, approachable, and funny. Highly recommend!

CFO, Healthcare Industry

“Dana is exceptional, she helped me identify and sequence many opportunities for improvement; she challenged me while ensuring I was forging ahead.”

Senior Director, People and Culture, Automotive Industry

“Dana’s work has been an important element in our organization’s overall improvement in leadership and manager quality.”

Director of Operations, Air Transport Industry

“Dana not only brought out the leader I wanted to be; but how to do so without giving up who I am.”

Director, Public Relations, Automotive Industry

“My growth as a leader has been sustainable as Dana provided me with valuable tools throughout our sessions to continue my personal growth on my own.”

National Director, Financial Services Industry

“Dana was able to challenge and support me and I now conduct much more effective and engaging coaching sessions with my team with higher quality feedback conversations.”

CEO, International Web Marketing

“Working with Dana was like having a secret weapon to help achieve my vision”

President, Financial Services Industry

“Dana has a unique ability to listen and ask questions, helping you discover what steps will bring the next desired outcome.”

President, National Communications Corporation

“Dana coached me for one year and it’s changed my outlook on my life … it has helped me learn how to call upon my strengths to successfully tackle any challenge that arises.”

Peter McKeown, National Director, Rogers Communications

“Dana is able to engage a group of savvy, experienced leaders to share their experiences and give each other candid feedback.”

Stewart Cawthray, GM Enterprise Security Product Management, Rogers Communications

“I hope to have the opportunity to work Dana again in the future.”

Julie Jonas, Ph.D., Principal, Leadership Practice, Odgers Berndtson Global Executive Search and Leadership Consulting

“I have seen her design a development program in thoughtful stages that takes the participants through a 2-year development journey.”

Celia Fernandes, Director, Mentoring Programs, Women’s Executive Network (WXN)

“She consistently receives outstanding reviews. I would highly recommend Dana as a coach, speaker and designer of high impact learning experiences.”

Cristina German, Digital and Data Enablement Executive, Canadian Institute for Health Information

“Dana’s advice and approach regarding planning and executing high impact presentations was incredibly valuable.”

Kim Messer, North America Business Development Leader, IBM Canada

“I had the opportunity to work with Dana to shape a Ted-style talk I was delivering to a senior audience. She inspired and supported me - a truly awesome person to work with!“

Paul Eichenberg, Managing Director, Automotive Thought Leader, Advisor and Consultant, Paul Eichenberg Strategic Consulting

“I now leverage lessons learned from Dana’s coaching for every speech and small group client engagement. Dana’s influence and teaching has paid dividends long after our initial sessions.”