Services

Leadership is a journey, not a title. We guide leaders, teams, and organizations to lead from within, cultivate resilience, and create lasting impact through consulting, coaching, and immersive experiences.

CONSULTING

25+ years in leadership, supporting teams in complex, high-stakes environments.

YOUR CONSULTING ADVANTAGE

We partner with leaders and change-makers to turn complex challenges into actionable solutions.

Bringing an external perspective, deep expertise, and practical guidance, we help teams align, execute strategy, and achieve measurable results.

From organizational design to cross-sector collaboration, we support leaders in navigating complexity, strengthening performance, and driving meaningful impact—locally, nationally, and globally.

CORE CONSULTING SERVICES

Strategic Planning & Organizational Alignment

Transform vision into clear strategy, align teams around shared goals, and strengthen operational cohesion.

Leadership & Culture Transformation

Build adaptive, inclusive, and resilient leadership cultures that foster trust, collaboration, and accountability.

Change & Complexity Navigation

Lead through uncertainty with agility—anticipate challenges, design adaptive systems, and sustain momentum.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

Enhance communication, partnerships, and cross-sector collaboration to amplify impact.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & Social Impact Strategy

Design authentic, values-driven CSR initiatives that align with organizational purpose and deliver measurable change.

DELIVERY APPROACH

Every organization’s path is unique. That’s why our approach is flexible, collaborative, and tailored, rooted in what matters most to you and your mission.

We combine strategic frameworks, experiential learning, and practical tools that create immediate insight and lasting results.

Services are available virtually, onsite, or in hybrid formats to meet your teams where you are.

Let’s co-create a solution that helps your organization lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

RESULTS

Leading Transformational Change Across Multiple States

Results:

  • 3× increase in project demand within 12 months
  • +40% partner engagement across multiple states
  • Leadership model adopted nationwide
  • Recognized for transformational leadership regionally and nationally

Challenge: A large regional operation lacked direction, clarity, and engagement.

What We Did: Led a strategic reset—clarified priorities, rebuilt partnerships, coached leaders, and created a scalable structure aligned to people, purpose, and performance.

 

Strengthening Executive Decision-Making & Accountability

Results:

  • #1 nationwide performance ranking the following year
  • 35% improvement in decision accuracy & follow-through
  • 45% increase in leadership alignment across regions
  • Additional regions joined the initiative after seeing results

Challenge: Decision-making was inconsistent, opaque, and slowing performance.

What We Did: Built a multi-state steering committee, facilitated comparative case reviews, and coached executives on collaborative, transparent decision-making.

 

Creating a Clear, Aligned Leadership Culture

Results:

  • 30% faster decision-making
  • 50% increase in cross-team collaboration
  • 40% improvement in role clarity, reducing overlap and rework
  • Unified leadership expectations across all teams

Challenge: Teams operated in silos, roles were unclear, and leadership behaviors were inconsistent.

What We Did: Clarified roles, improved communication, built decision-making structures, and coached leaders to model trust and accountability.

CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

For a full overview of our consulting services and customized solutions, let’s connect to explore how we can help your organization thrive.

COACHING

Certified Executive Coach with real-world supervisory experience.

THE POWER OF COACHING

Grounded in the belief that you already hold the strength and wisdom you need, coaching offers a powerful, forward-focused partnership for individuals, teams, and organizations designed to move you from intention to action.

Unlike therapy, which looks to the past for healing, coaching helps you clarify goals, navigate transitions, and take bold, intentional action toward the future you want to create.

Through deep listening, systems thinking, and thought-provoking questions, coaching provides a confidential space to:

  • Reconnect with your values, vision, and purpose
  • Navigate complex decisions and transitions
  • Strengthen your presence, voice, and impact
  • Move beyond limiting patterns or self-doubt
  • Turn insight into meaningful, sustainable action

You lead the agenda; I hold the space.

Together, we explore where you are, where you want to be, and what it will take to get there.

SIGNATURE COACHING

Each coaching journey is unique, shaped by your goals, context, and aspirations.
As a certified coach with years of experience, I can coach on any topic you bring.
Below are a few focus areas where I have lived, worked, and guided clients for many years and where leaders often find the greatest growth and impact:

Strengths-Based Leadership Development
Lead from your natural strengths and values to amplify confidence, impact, and authenticity.

Authentic Leadership Presence
Cultivate presence, clarity, and emotional intelligence to communicate and lead with influence.

Career and Leadership Transitions
Navigate change with confidence and purpose, aligning your next chapter with what matters most.

Resilience and Adaptive Capacity
Build the mindset and skills to lead through uncertainty, sustain energy, and turn challenge into opportunity.

Work-Life Integration and Sustainable Productivity
Design systems and rhythms that support balance, wellbeing, and sustained performance so you can thrive without burning out.

Movement-Based Leadership
Explore how physical movement; whether walking, hiking, or engaging in sport can enhance clarity, creativity, and leadership presence. This approach integrates body and mind to strengthen focus, resilience, and grounded leadership in every context from the trail to the boardroom.

RESULTS

Coaching Teams Through Crisis & Complexity

Results:

  • Improved outcomes 5%–20% across multiple regions
  • One organization improved from 82% → 95%
  • Framework adopted nationwide within the agency

Challenge: Executive leaders were overwhelmed, systems were failing, and families faced long delays in essential services.

What We Did: Coached executive leaders through operational clarity, high-stakes communication and crisis decision-making. Created resources to diagnose bottlenecks and guide team performance under pressure.

Turning Around a Low-Morale, Low-Trust Team

Results:

  • Employee engagement rose 72% → 88%
  • Trust in leadership improved 86% → 97%
  • Diversity in leadership roles increased 60%
  • Team became a model of healthy culture within the agency

Challenge: The team struggled with burnout, misalignment, and fractured communication.

What We Did: Conducted needs assessment, established clear expectations, coached executive leaders and supervisors, and created leadership routines to rebuild trust.

Leading Large-Scale Rollouts Under Pressure

Results:

  • Delivered over $1B in public assistance benefits
  • Strengthened operational capacity
  • Recognized for high-impact leadership under pressure

Challenge: States needed to launch a brand-new system under high stakes and very short timelines.

What We Did: Coached executive leaders on crisis leadership, stakeholder alignment, and strategic communication. Led cross-functional teams from planning through execution.

Building Inclusive, High-Performing Young Leaders

Results:

  • 96% of participants gained measurable leadership skills
  • Retention rates became the highest nationally for this organization
  • Leadership model scaled nationwide

Challenge: National youth leadership service program experienced high conflict, turnover, and low interpersonal skills.

What We Did: Designed experiential leadership development for executive & senior leaders and emerging leaders, focused on coaching, communication, inclusion, emotional intelligence, and teamwork.

PARTNERING FOR IMPACT

Our coaching approach is practical, reflective, and growth-oriented, rooted in lived leadership experience, not theory.

Whether you’re an emerging leader or an experienced executive, each engagement is co-created to meet you where you are and help you grow into who you want to become.

Sessions are available virtually, onsite, or in hybrid formats, for individuals, teams, or leadership cohorts.

Let’s explore how coaching can help you lead and live with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.

EXPERIENCES

Bilingual leader and endurance athlete bringing resilience and mindset training to leadership development.

FEATURED EXPERIENCES

Immersive leadership journeys from workshops and keynotes to retreats and executive programs, every engagement is designed to unlock potential, strengthen leadership capacity, and create meaningful, sustainable results.

Leading Self & Presence

  • Courageous Leadership: Step into leadership with resilience and purpose, inspired by lessons from the Andes to the C-Suite.
  • The Curiosity Advantage: Leading with Questions
    Transform how you lead and connect through the power of curiosity. Discover how asking the right questions and listening deeply can unlock potential, spark innovation, and foster growth for you and your team.
  • Deepening Self-Awareness: Reflect, realign, and tap into what drives you to evolve your leadership and influence.

Leading Teams & Collaboration

  • Psychological Safety for Teams: Create spaces where bold ideas flourish, every voice matters, and teams feel empowered to take risks.
  • Reimagining Team Collaboration: Transform how your team connects, communicates, and thrives across boundaries.
  • Coalitions & Partnerships: Build trust, align purpose, and unite people to create meaningful impact together.

DELIVERY APPROACH

Every leadership experience is flexible, customizable, and rooted in what matters most to you and your mission. Choose from featured programs, or co-create a dynamic pathway that meets your team’s unique needs.

Sessions are available virtually, onsite, or in hybrid formats and incorporate experiential exercises, proven strategic frameworks, and practical tools designed for immediate application and lasting results.

 

Dana Platin, endurance athlete, races on a bike with grass and trees in the background

Resilience & Peak Performance

Mission, Miles, & Mountains: Train Your Mindset
Learn strategies high performers use to stay steady under pressure. Using insights from endurance sports and leadership, participants build confidence, focus, and resilience for sustained performance in leadership and life.

Four women, two Peace Corps volunteers including Dana Platin, and two indigenous Ecuadorian women (warmis) pose at the summit of Cotopaxi surrounded by snow

Leadership Lessons from Above the Clouds: F.L.Y. Framework

Lead with courage, humility, and purpose by mastering your own mindset first. Inspired by co-leading the first Indigenous women’s expedition to summit Ecuador’s Cotopaxi, participants learn practical tools to reframe failure, foster resilience, and cultivate shared leadership.

Dana Platin sits on a bench admiring the beautiful blue sky and snowy peaks in the distance

Purpose-Driven Leadership: Cultivating Engagement through Purpose, Autonomy and Mastery

Transform leadership from task management into meaningful engagement. Connect teams to purpose, foster autonomy, and encourage mastery.

A climber on a snowy mountain climbing with the aid of an ice ax

Strategic Compass: Charting Your Leadership Direction

Pause, reflect, and realign to lead with clarity and intentional focus. Translate vision into actionable goals and outcomes for your team.

A verdant patchwork valley leads to a stunning view of Chimborazo in Ecuador

Mastering Work-Life Alignment: Leading with Intention and Boundaries

Lead sustainably by designing routines, boundaries, and priorities that align energy, values, and performance.

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Your Leadership Journey Starts Here

We’ll work together to clarify your goals, design your leadership plan, and guide you to lead with purpose and presence.

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