“My life is so much better after working with Donna. I’ve turned so much around! Before working together, I felt overwhelmed with running my growing business. Together with my team we reorganized our methods for working and communicating to enable my business to grow. Now I feel confident and am the CEO I want to be. I feel less overwhelmed, have cut back my hours, and rely on my team more. ”
“I’ve grown as a person and grown as a leader through working with Donna. I know more about myself and how to lead my company forward.”
— Vaibhav Jain, Founder & CEO, Hubilo, Forbes Asia 30 Under 30
“If you’ve tried executive coaching before but still question the value, then I can only assume you’ve never had the Donna experience. You should fix that, stat.”
— James Mayes, Co-Founder & CEO, Mind The Product
“It’s been invaluable to work with someone who understands my industry and marries that with expertise in how organizations work, human psychology, and leadership more broadly. I’m more aware of the stories and fictions I tell myself that hold me back, so I’m better able to get out of my own way. I’ve also been able to apply Donna’s story-based techniques to many aspects of my work — from team building to product design. She’s really helped me embrace opportunities that’ve made a huge difference at work and in life.”
— Alli Mooney, Head of Content & Brand, People Operations, Google
“Donna helped me find a beautiful blueprint for finding clarity in the chaos of leadership.”
— Emily Davis, Chief Product Officer, Skillcrush
“Donna provided me actionable steps to becoming a better leader. ”
— Tom Alterman, VP Product, Autodesk
“Before working with Donna, engineers and product managers did not truly collaborate. After working with Donna, there was very real, and at times magical, collaboration. Donna’s the best at what she does, and you only truly understand what that is after working with her. Give it a shot, you won’t regret it.”
— Ajay Rajani, CEO, Core Labs
“Working with Donna is phenomenal. I’m seeing a bunch of things that indicate my work is paying off. I am so much happier and more effective as a leader. My team is happy and productive and doing really great. And I was just asked to take the lead on something big at work. Over all, I’ve had a *huge* return on my initial investment in coaching. If you’re thinking about working with Donna, know that it is absolutely worth it.”
“Stepping into my new role and establishing a brand-new department, I knew it was going to be a challenge. I needed to establish credibility not just with my team and strategic partners, but also with myself. Donna has helped me identify the values, actions, and behaviors I expect from myself to lead in an authentic way. I’m now able to lead with more confidence. ”
— Rebecca Woodbury, Director of Digital Service & Open Government, City of San Rafael, CA
“Working with Donna has changed my brain more than years of therapy. There are plenty of books out there that tell you how to improve yourself at work, but this is not like that. Experimenting with my life has helped me identify, break, and change patterns of behavior that I didn’t even realize were holding me back. This has had an almost unmeasurable impact on me because it’s permeated my whole life and is now such a big part of who I am and how I do things.”
— Shelby Bower, Head of Product Design, DocuSign
“In our initial conversation I felt a connection to Donna’s approach and believed working with her would allow me to find more focus and direction. Working with Donna has been great. Both as a piece of mind knowing I have set aside time to think through issues and long term direction and as the addition of a relationship predicated on solving problems I am facing. I have taken on new habits of problem-solving and testing that I use daily, resulting in a more successful work environment and ease to approaching challenges.”
— Andrew Gauer, VP of Design, Blast
“After spending years in large companies, I thought I knew what I could get out of coaching and mentoring - and was never very impressed with the results. Something always felt missing. When I did some research into what Donna offered, I discovered that piece—someone who isn’t doing this as a box-ticking exercise, who has training and expertise, and familiarity with the challenges I face. Working with Donna has allowed me to dismiss the issues that aren’t important - but get in the way of dealing with the things that actually matter. She has helped me to structure my thinking, set better goals, and have confidence about how I manage my relationships, my day-to-day work, and my career.”
— Randy Silver, Fractional Product Executive
““I feel like I’m performing at a different level. I’ve had a huge mindset shift with a sense of clarity and direction I didn’t have before. I’m making decisions more effectively, better at solving tough problems, and more resilient over all. It’s pretty amazing.””
— Tom Takigayama, Director of Product Design, JustWorks
“Donna has been vital in helping me articulate my goals, focus on what I need to achieve them, and work through any obstacles. I’ve come to count on her keen insights and I always appreciate her patience and good humor.”
— Linda Romano, Assistant VP of Marketing and Brand, St. John's University
“I hesitated for over 3 years to hire a business coach, not because I didn’t believe in them, but more so that I hadn’t found the right one for me. I was drawn to Donna’s design thinking, use of visuals, and her career path of experience in working with successful companies, products, and a range of people searching for how to solve challenging problems.
Donna helped me to see blindspots that I had not seen. I wear many hats: a designer, an entrepreneur, and now a new mom. Donna guided me to discover the beauty and power in all three of those roles, not separated, but one.
If you are up to something great, believe in your vision but don’t know how to get there, crave accountability, or are feeling challenged or powerless, I highly recommend that you do YOU, the world, and your vision a service. Say hello to Donna.”
