Dana Houston, Msw, Ccc Email & Phone Number

Global

Leadership & Organizational Development ConsultancyPartner with leaders and high-potentials in private, public and non-profit organizations who want to develop their leadership & management skills, improve organizational performance, manage change, or redirect their careers. - Coach leaders and managers in leadership development, career and role transitions, and change management.- Provide assessment solutions to drive selection, leadership development, team performance, onboarding, and change management. - Advise organizations on how to lead change, build capacity, and select / onboard /develop/manage talent. - Design and deliver leadership development, talent management, and change management solutions.

Canada

Chain Breaker learning platform is a global therapeutic solution to address trafficking survivor well-being, employee vicarious trauma, and help survivors heal from trauma. We provide learning solutions designed for NGOs that employ trauma recovery workers in developing nations and refugee camps who serve trafficking survivors.

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Internal consultant and SME to Deputy Ministry clients to centralize, design and deliver leadership and management development programs to deepen leadership pipeline and strengthen bench strength.- Designed and implemented award-winning talent management, executive and leadership development, onboarding, succession management, career management and transition solutions for 2,550+ top executives of the provincial government.- Led the start up of the internal executive coaching function for senior executives of the Ontario Public Service. Provided 1:1 executive coaching services (onboarding, career coaching, leadership development) resulting in increased self-awareness and leadership capacity, greater time to performance, accelerated development, and increased career satisfaction, job fit, organizational bench strength and employee engagement. Designed all supporting curriculum, business processes and coaching framework.- Advised Chief Talent Officer and other senior executives in use of psychometric assessments to inform selection, executive and leadership development, onboarding, and career management. - Partnered with line ministry HR Directors and HR Business Partners, designed and delivered communications, training, employee engagement strategies to successfully manage roll-out of Government's new Talent Management program. Hosted private sector, provincial, national, and foreign government delegations to learn more about our award-winning talent management system.

Toronto, Canada Area

Provided assessment and career counselling services in French and English to clients across Canada.

- Facilitated skill development of career/employment counselors and practitioners, and human resource professionals across Canada as an Instructor in an online Career Management Professional Certification Program (now run through Yorkville University.)- Designed curriculum for 2 courses.

Toronto, Canada Area

Provided expertise in career and talent development services to facilitate a $110 million e-government transformation — the largest IT restructuring in Canadian public sector.- Internal consultant to Chief Technology Officer - Designed and delivered change management and talent development strategies to build the capacity of new IT Architect function across government. Established a competency-based career management system and designed career paths to develop IT Architect talent across Ontario (250 IT Architects and feeder group). Coached employees in the use of career paths and tools to develop skills and manage their careers resulting in greater career satisfaction and job fit; managers gained tools and techniques to manage a province-wide talent pool. - Designed change management plans, designed and delivered solutions to support organizational restructuring and business process changes.-Coached professionals and managers in understanding their capabilities and interests, explore career options, and develop and implement plans of action using a solution-focused model. - Recognized with an Innovation Award for the conception and production of an event to promote intra-ministry career paths and mobility, and increase retention. - Coordinated the start-up of an IT Internship Program: Led the development and implementation of intern recruitment, selection, on-boarding, learning and development in partnership with corporate HR and IT client managers. Results: over 95% of interns attained positions at program completion.

Toronto, Canada Area

Internal consultant and coach to ministry executives and agency heads in the areas of change management, leadership and team development in order to improve individual, team and organizational performance. - Coached senior managers in employee engagement, people management, and change leadership. Results: Clients reported enhanced self-discovery of their leadership style, improved ability and confidence to champion organizational change, and increased employee motivation and performance. - Conducted organizational readiness, job impact, and skills assessments; designed new job descriptions; and proposed training and change management solutions to ensure employee engagement and retention are addressed throughout organizational change.- Conducted business process re-engineering across organization

Managed design and delivery of employee engagement, cultural change, and change management strategies to support Government's $110 million e-government organizational transformation.

Professional Learning Fellow - Learning Experience Design

Learning Experience Design Certificate

Adult Learning & Development Certificate

M.S.W., Specialization In Non-Profit Management, Leadership, Organizational Behaviour & Change.

Dean's List

Bah, Sociology