Dana Lefeuvre, Master Certified Coach (MCC) And Mentor

Experience

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  Vista International Packaging LLC

  Aug 1983 - Jun 1984

  Accounting Intern
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  Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

  Jun 1988 - Sept 1988

  Bilingual Legal Assistant

  Drafted legal contracts, documents and correspondence in conjunction with international lawyers for global enterprises.

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  Star International

  Sept 1988 - Sept 1992

  Marketing Director

  Global Vision of Corporate Operations Industrial Marketing Manager responsible for purchase, refurbishing, and exportation of heavy industrial equipment from U.S. and Europe to Latin America and Southeast Asia. Lead team of export coordinators and sales engineers throughout both regions.Development of new product lines

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  Tullets of Tokyo (La Maison Roussin)

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1996

  Head of Swaps

  Lead ECU and FF Swaps Teams Traded multimillion dollar French Franc and ECU interest rate swaps at leading European money market brokage firm. Intense collaboration with multinational teams of traders from Europe, Africa and North America. Business development, establishment of trust and relationship management.Drafted weekly economic newsletter which was distributed to entire client base.Clients included Bank of America, Kreditbank, Nationsbank, CIC, Lloyds of London, General Reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance, BNP, Societe Generale, Paribas and other leading banks present in the global derivatives market. Show less

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  Carlsberg Group

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Business Consultant

  Team consultanting project. Conducted quantitative and qualitative research to determine status of sales operations in France and opportunities for development.Accompanied sales managers to help improve performance. Delivered proposition for new sales strategy to Danish Headquarters.

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  U.S. Embassy and Consulates

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Community Liaison Officer

  Facilitated integration process for expats in AngolaDesign and development of cultural awareness & Agility workshopsConfidential interviews and coaching sessions with expatsLiaison between American and Angolan CommunitiesEvent organisation

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  AETS

  Jan 2003 - Jun 2005

  Economic Development Expert

  Economic Expert for international donor funded-projects (World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, etc.)Project Management using Logframe Methodology.Business Development to enlarge client base and service offerings.

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  Laksamana College of Business

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Economics & Finance Lecturer

  Development and delivery of financial and economic courses.Created and facilitated case studies based on current issues to help embed learnings.

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  BAG Networks Sdn Bhd (now Dynamik Technologies)

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Strategic Development & Marketing Consultant

  BAG networks is a merger between Brunei Ministry of Finance and Accenture Group created to serve the evolving IT needs of various ministries throughout the country.Accompanied leaders of Executive Committee, Financial, Marketing and all major operational departments to identify innovative IT solutions and adapt their strategic development plan to meet clients’ evolving needs. Market Research: development of questionnaires, execution of interviews with customers to discover wants, needs and opportunities. Crafted future strategy for development of new IT offerings in conjunction with Bruneian, Chinese, Singaporean, and Australian operations.Coached of CEO through implementation of the strategy. Show less

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  GPS FOR PROFESSIONALS

  Apr 2009 - now

  Programs Designed and Delivered:- Taking Stock of Strengths & Wins- Co-creating Team Visions to Obtain Engagement- Building Resilience in Uncertain Times using Positive Intelligence - Increasing Mutual Understanding & Revealing Synergies to Enhance Team Effectiveness - 360 Feedback Debriefs for Global Energy company - 'Women in Leadership' in Resource & Energy Management- International Management - Cultural Agility- Transition Coaching / International Mobility & Management Training - U.S.A., France, Malaysia- Team Building - Executive Committees - Development of Vision, Shared Values and Strategy- Team Facilitation - Establishing Trust, Motivating Teams & Obtaining Engagement- Group Facilitation - the Power of Positivity, Alignment to Win!- Workplace Big 5 Personality Trait Assessment & 360 Debriefs for Teams & Individual LeadersAs Founder and Lead Coach at GPS for Professionals, I employ a strengths-based systemic approach to accompanying C-suite, VP's and other senior leaders in setting right objectives and holding them accountable to achieving them. Serve as a brainstorming and sparring partner to provide insights which help executives break through barriers and achieve optimal performance. Adapting their styles and approaches to the diverse stakeholders and various situations are a major part of the work.Team coaching programs and group facilitation with Boards of Directors, Executive Committees and financial departments held around topics such as Development of Vision and Strategy, Leadership & Trust, Engaging the Team, Effective Communication & Feedback, Values Identification, Coaching the Team, and Managing in Multi-cultural environments. All programs are customised to suit clients’ unique needs. Show less Coached C-suite, VP’s, Managing Directors and other senior leaders in transition around development of leadership competencies linked to corporate strategy: Leadership Coaching of C-suite and SVP’s at SEB - electrical power generation and distribution - to change mindset throughout organization. Facilitation to advance SCORE initiative.Executive Coaching to Directors and VP’s at Maxis Corporation - ICT & Telecommunications, Sinarmas, Murphy Oil, the Central Bank of Malaysia.Career Coaching for individuals in energy sector.Helped leaders clarify strategy, discover their values, reinforce strengths, identify possibilities and opportunities surrounding them. Show less

  • Founder & Global Executive Coach

    Apr 2016 - now

  • Global Team Leadership Coaching

    Aug 2004 - now

  • Executive, Team and Table Coach

    Apr 2009 - Dec 2015
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  Center for Creative Leadership

  Jan 2012 - now

  - Feedback Coaching: 360, MBTI, Hogan, FIRO-Business, Workplace Big 5- Executive Coaching Managing Directors, Directors, Senior leaders, High Potentials in European Institutions, Healthcare, Multi-sector Conglomerates, Management Consulting, Luxury, Automotive, Food & Beverage industries- Leadership Coaching Emerging Leaders in the Food & Beverage Industry- Feedback Coaching Directors & other Senior Leaders on Open Enrolment Leadership Development Programs- Group Facilitation and Feedback Coaching 'Maximising Leadership Potential' (MLP) Programs- Executive Coaching, Group Facilitation and Feedback Coaching on Custom Programs. Populations served: Managing Directors, VP's, Senior Leaders in the financial, healthcare, and management consulting fields- Group Facilitation - Conflict Management, Active & Passive Constructive ResponsesThe Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) is a top-ranked, global provider of executive education that unlocks individual and organisational potential through its exclusive focus on leadership development and research. Founded in 1970 as a nonprofit, educational institution, CCL helps clients worldwide cultivate creative leadership — the capacity to achieve more than imagined by thinking and acting beyond boundaries — through an array of programs, products and other services. Ranked among the world’s top providers of executive education by BusinessWeek and the Financial Times, CCL is headquartered in Greensboro, NC, with locations in Colorado Springs, CO; San Diego, CA; Brussels, Belgium; Moscow, Russia; Singapore; Pune, India; and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its work is supported by more than 500 faculty members and staff. As a Feedback, Executive coach and Group facilitator in the EMEA and APAC regions, I accompany Directors, senior executives and emerging leaders in large multinational organisations. Industries served include finance, energy, IT, heavy industry, media, food and beverage, automotive, luxury and European Institutions. Show less

  • Leadership Solutions Associate

    Apr 2015 - now

  • Associate Coach

    Jan 2012 - Sept 2015
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  International Coach Academy

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  Executive Coaching Group Discussion Leader

  Mentored coaches globally around Executive Coaching issues and adaptation of their niche in group coaching settings.Lead co development discussions based on coaching methodologies and challenges.

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  ICLIF Leadership and Governance Centre

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2016

  Adjunct Coach

  ICLIF is a flagship company of the Central Bank of Malaysia providing Leadership Development Programs and Executive Coaching to Senior and Emerging Leaders in the financial, energy, IT industries, government and multi-sector conglomerates. Team and leadership coached on custom Action-Learning programmes. Designed and facilitated leadership development workshops including "Establishing a Coaching Culture". Team, Table and Group coached Executive Teams & Senior Executives on Open Enrolment and Custom Programmes: Central Bank of Malaysia - Establishing a Coaching CultureBank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (BTMU) - Action LearningCentral Bank of Malaysia, Maybank - Leading Leaders & Emerging LeadersMaybank - Great Leaders & Leadership Excellence ProgramsSinarmas (Indonesian Multi-sector Conglomerate) - Team Coaching Senior LeadersPetronas IT, Permata Bank. Coached and Mentored new ICLIF coaches. Show less

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  Talentis

  Jan 2017 - now

  Executive Coach

  Talentis is one of the top 3 international Executive Coaching & Leadership Development companies with 70 senior coaches present in 23 countries. Deliver programs that are customized to optimize leadership skills, enhance collective intelligence, and help groups through major transformations.

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  Click & Coach: Online Coaching Platform Powered by Talentis

  Jan 2017 - now

  Executive Coach
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  DiG Business Learning

  Apr 2017 - now

  Certified DiG Instructor

  DiG Business Learning is specialised in experiential learning for leaders and executives. Our business game, DiG - Discovery Innovation Growth - is the result of an INSEAD research project. It allows teams to develop key competencies, attitudes and behavior to power customer-based growth in their business. It is a versatile learning tool to accelerate mindset transformation in customer centricity, innovation, entrepreneurship, marketing, value creation, growth, team performance, business acumen and leadership. It can be deployed in executive seminars, workshops, and events in modules of 4 hours to 2 days.DiG is based on INSEAD research and has been designed by Jean-Claude Larréché, Professor at INSEAD. It has already been used in teams from more than 50 countries. The DiG global instructor network of consultants, professors, business coaches and other professionals aims at making this leading edge experiential learning technology available to a global audience: from small to large companies and students from any country.Contact me on LinkedIn if you want to know more how this could be valuable for your company. Show less