Dennis O'Neil, Phd. Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va

- Elevating the effectiveness of leaders through executive coaching by providing a safe context, structure and the accountability needed for executives to discover how they show up as leaders, challenge their current thinking, and learn new behaviors that will improve their leadership abilities. - Providing highly customized leadership team development workshops and retreats that help the team identify critical issues in their working relationships. We also provide the necessary education and insight to create a pathway for the team to leave the session more clear about how each team member individually, and the team collectively, will behave and interact in order to be a high performing team.

- Elevating the effectiveness of leaders through executive coaching by providing a safe context, structure and the accountability needed for executives to discover how they show up as leaders, challenge their current thinking, and learn new behaviors that will improve their leadership abilities. - Providing highly customized leadership team development workshops and retreats that help the team identify critical issues in their working relationships. We also provide the necessary education and insight to create a pathway for the team to leave the session more clear about how each team member individually, and the team collectively, will behave and interact in order to be a high-performing team.

New York, New York

Served as the Chief of Staff of Alcoa / Arconic Inc. As Chief of Staff, Dennis served the Executive Office of the Chairman and CEO and Alcoa business and resource units providing strategic advice, guidance, coordination, and oversight. O'Neil provided leadership and operations management to the Executive Office, including establishing priorities, coordinating, planning, and budgeting, as well as directing administrative, financial, and operational activities.

Ft Mcnair Washington, Dc

Strategic Leadership course director and Executive Assessment and Development Director responsible for design, develop and implement curriculum and materials to include lectures, panels with distinguished expert, case studies, and practical exercises as well as coordinating faculty development workshops in preparation for 20 professors teaching those courses to more than 300 students per year. Managed all aspects of the executive coaching program for 600 students annually at the Eisenhower School, National War College and other outreach clients. Have a substantial record of training and certification of all executive coaches and experience providing tailored individual feedback to senior leaders on the assessment results and individual self-improvement plans. Selected as Director of two major programs after just one year. Promoted to full Professor.

Washington, Dc

Offered quantitative and qualitative policy and budget analysis to senior national security officials to inform Inter-Agency deliberations and White House decisions. Managed policies, funding levels, and budget execution of high profile national security programs in the National Security Division. Provided full oversight of Defense Operations and Maintenance accounts funding approximately $10 billion in discretionary outlays including Overseas Contingency Operations; provided comprehensive analysis and concise recommendations used by the White House to develop and implement critical policies.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Leading the development and implementation of policies, tools and initiatives to effectively, efficiently, and continuously improve Government performance. The Council brings together agency leadership with senior Administration policy and budget staff and advances the role of performance management across the Federal government. Responsible for oversight of 24 Presidential Cross-Agency Priority Goals.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked directly for three consecutive Army Chiefs of Staff serving as the chief speechwriter and director of research and analysis for General Raymond Odierno, a strategist and communicator for General Martin Dempsey and a speechwriter for General George Casey. Additional duties included coordination staff functions and messaging among all stakeholders including public affairs, congressional liaisons, and military support to public diplomacy.

Fort Leavenworth, Ks

Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College teaching graduate level courses in joint, inter-agency, intergovernmental, and multinational strategy, and joint operations.

Mosul, Iraq

Served as a special missions Commander charged with training and advising five Iraqi security force battalions and over 3,000 soldiers responsible for overseeing the first democratic regional elections. Through advising, facilitated the conduct of independent counter-insurgency operations and facilitated the timely transition of authority to support local security and stability.

Fort Leavenworth, Ks

U.S. Army’s Masters level education studying advanced operational curriculum.

West Point, Ny

Assistant Professor and Executive Officer for the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at West Point teaching undergraduate level courses in leadership and psychology. Managed the operating budget for the department, including those for appropriated and non-appropriated funds. Also served as the Deputy Director for the Eisenhower Leader Development Program responsible for overseeing daily operations of West Point’s graduate level partnership with Columbia University in Organizational Psychology. Additionally, served as a research psychologist implementing 360o self-awareness programs and assessments.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Embedded advisor with the Afghan National Security Forces mentoring faculty at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan to establish their first ever psychology and leadership programs. Additionally, conducted extensive research regarding leadership development in a cross-cultural context.

West Point, Ny

Instructor at West Point for the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership teaching leadership and psychology. Responsible for designing, implementing and revising curriculum, evaluation instruments, and developmental strategies for courses taught to over 1,200 students annually.

Durham, Nc

Doctoral Student at the Graduate School of Duke University studying psychology and cognitive neuroscience with an emphasis on personality and character strength predictors of leadership effectiveness.

Durham, Nc

Adjunct Professor teaching executive education at Duke Corporate Education for two years focused on experiential learning for senior private sector careerists including leading large organizations at the strategic level.

Leadership and staff positions of increasing responsibility culminating in Commander of a headquarters and headquarters company responsible for combat readiness of 163 personnel and over $40 million worth of equipment. Focused on training, directing, supervising, coordinating, and synchronizing all elements of combat missions.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Master'S Degree, Psychology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs