Dan B.

Dan works extensively with managers and senior leaders confronting today’s most difficult organizational challenges. They select Dan as their coach to improve their capacity and skills around communication, decision-making, leading and adapting to change, conflict resolution and facilitating greater team performance. While meeting these and other pressing leadership challenges, Dan’s clients often find they restore balance between their demanding work commitments and personal lives and experience greater fulfilment in the meaningful work they undertake.

Dan’s coaching philosophy is best summed up by Shakespeare: “Beware of the stories you tell yourself, for you will surely be lived by them.” Those who partner with Dan as their coach soon discover — and re-write — the outworn, personal narratives that have been holding them back from being fully effective.

MY PASSION TO COACH

  • Dan is passionate about helping leaders navigate change with clarity and resilience. In one engagement, he supported a newly promoted director facing organizational restructuring and peer conflict. Through 360 feedback and deep exploration of interpersonal dynamics, Dan helped the leader shift from reactive patterns to principled leadership.
    As a result, the client reported improved conflict resolution, political savvy, and job satisfaction—changes that were noted and praised by their senior leadership.

MY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Coached a venture capital-backed CEO to strengthen C-suite alignment, navigate investor dynamics, and achieve greater work-life balance by overcoming self-limiting leadership narratives.
  • Designed and facilitated a multi-year leadership development initiative—including retreats, team coaching, and individual coaching—for a 15-person IT directorate at a $1B nonprofit.
  • Co-led a flagship leadership program for 100 senior VPs at an international NGO in partnership with a Top 25 business school, integrating coaching, classroom teaching, and group dialogue.
  • Spearheaded a culture-change initiative for a 45-person federal agency unit, resulting in significant gains on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey through layered coaching and peer engagement.
  • Advised on coaching strategy and coached participants in a next-gen leadership program for 70 mid-level leaders at a global professional services firm, in collaboration with a Top 25 business school.

MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Served 28 years as an equity partner in an international information company, where he held executive roles including publishing director, division president, and board member as the company grew from a start-up to 1,500 employees.
  • Led internal leadership development initiatives for 150+ managers and senior executives.
  • Since 2013, has coached more than 300 federal leaders through American University’s Key Executive Leadership Programs, supporting their readiness for Senior Executive Service (SES) roles.

MY CREDENTIALS

  • Master Certified Coach, International Coach Federation
  • Professional Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision,
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • Certificate in Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University
  • B.S., Agriculture, University of Maryland, College Park