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Diana’s absolute passion is to help people communicate powerfully, listen, lead, and get results.
For the last 20 years, she’s worked with thousands of people at companies like American Express, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Rockport, Pfizer, Dun & Bradstreet, Reebok, Tommy Bahama, Ralph Lauren Footwear, Novartis Oncology, Novartis Consumer Health, New York Life, and The Prudential to strengthen their skills in success-critical areas like conflict management, confident communication, business writing, positive expectation, negotiation and persuasion skill, and personal and team leadership.
Find out why people cheer, “wonderful,” “empowering,”
and “excellent” at Diana’s presentations and workshops
on the 7 Breakthrough Skills.
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Breakthrough Now!
Diana is an honors graduate of Harvard University and coauthor of numerous books on positive change and breakthrough growth, including:
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Step Out of the Box with a Bang! The Positive Proactive and Excuse-free Work Life
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The THINK! Workbook: A Guided Brainstorm About the Future of Your Life’s Work
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Hot Situations, Cool Heads: How to Thrive When Conflict Arrives
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Words that Work: Business Writing at Its Best
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Notes to Self: Bring Your Best Ideas to Life!
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No Doubt About You! The Art of Skillful Self Promotion (January 2010).
She’s earned a membership in the National Speakers Association and is also a member of American Society for Training and Development, the Council of Communication Management, the Society for Human Resources Management, and the International Association of Business Communicators.
Inspiring Keynotes
Feature topics like these at your next conference or leadership meeting:
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Going for Great: Seven Keys to Breakthrough Success (Whether Business is Booming or Busting!)
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Ahead of the Curve: Be Powerfully Proactive in a Rapid-fire Business World
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Out of the Question: The Amazing Persuasive Power of Positive Questions
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Step Lively: How to Think on Your Feet
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…And the Crowd Went Wild! Wow Your Audience at Your Next Presentation
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Hot Situations, Cool Heads: How to Thrive When Conflict Arrives
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Get Heard, Get Results: Five Simple Ways to Have Greater Impact—Right Now!
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No Doubt About You: Keys to Skillful Self Promotion
High Impact Leadership Meetings and Offsites
Focus and motivation are the essential components of Diana’s Leadership Offsites. From initial planning to creating a meaningful and performance driven agenda, to creative and engaging breakout sessions, to promoting the event and facilitating the entire meeting, Diana’s expertise is full service, strategic, and indispensible for the CEOs and Leadership Teams of companies like Rockport, Greg Norman Collection, Ralph Lauren Footwear, and Tommy Bahama.
A Full Spectrum of Workshops and Breakout Sessions
Our streamlined, time- and cost-efficient workshops and breakouts are designed for maximum impact in a minimum of time. In an exciting, rapid-fire format, participants learn to break through barriers and leave each session with new insights, stronger skills, and breakthrough strategies for doing outstanding work–starting that day. (Available as breakout sessions during longer meetings or standalone workshops in a “Breakfast Café” or “Lunch & Learn” format. For a list of topics available and to read more here.)
Expert Focus Group Facilitation
Clients have called Diana’s focus group skills “absolutely top notch” and “the best available today.” Companies like American Express, Ingersoll-Rand, Valley Hospital, Novartis Oncology, Tommy Bahama, and others have relied on her skills to plan and lead powerful, focused discussions and find out what key people think about the issues that matter.
