Doreen Johnson Email & Phone Number

Greater Des Moines Area

Lead a fulfilling and enriching life and elevate your impact in the world. Make a difference as an aspirational leader who knows how to create and maintain a conscious life.My passion at The Aware Way is to uplift the human spirit. I love to partner with aspirational leaders who know the difference they want to make in the world and are ready, willing, and eager to take the next step to contribute their talents every day. Our coaching conversations are opportunities to actively support your hopes and dreams.The Aware Way is a conscious practice that inspires your momentum toward your goals:1. Insight 2. Intention3. Influence4. ImplementationLEADERSHIP AND TEAM DEVELOPMENTWe believe that developing your life skills in active pursuit of your goals and aspirations gives you the best opportunity to achieve your vision. Contact me if you're experiencing a major life transition and you want to make the most of the experience.● CONTACT• doreen@theawareway.com

Greater Des Moines Area

THE AWARE WAY: Doreen's vision is for leaders to authentically and successfully express themselves based on their unique talents and perspectives.Great leaders learn to be transparent, listen to people, and be mutually accountable to create a diverse and inclusive work environment. When Doreen speaks about her experience and what she has learned throughout her career, she becomes a powerful support to women leaders who are encountering obstacles and challenges. Doreen shares practical ideas they can implement to freely express themselves and to achieve all that they dream possible.Leaders benefit from Doreen’s experience in organizational development, corporate executive leadership and personal and professional development. Her life experiences gifted her special insight regarding gender equanimity. Doreen addresses how to create a work environment that evokes the best in both men and women as they build productive and resonant working relationships.Doreen inspires women to a conscious awareness of their innate power and worthiness. Listening to her share inspiring and heartfelt stories is a nourishing and meaningful experience that allows for self-reflection and healing. Doreen's journey through loss, poverty, and the healing of deep sexual trauma ultimately led to her freedom, contentment, and fulfillment.CONTACTdoreen@theawareway.com

Greater Philadelphia Area

Collaborated with leaders to optimize productivity and employee engagement. Doreen Johnson guided leadership teams to accomplish the work at hand and provide opportunities for developing leadership, management and team building skills.She consulted with Leadership Teams to:• Determine the level of employee engagement and its impact on their organizations • Develop recommendations for specific engagement strategies that are best suited to enhance their overall objectives• Collaborate with leadership and management teams to design and implement their engagement plans for the upcoming yearAs an executive, her primary areas of focus were product development, performance improvement and operations. As a consultant, she has worked with a number of large organization such as BEHR, BenefitMall, American Express Travel and Ace Hardware. She is known for her ability to focus on what’s needed to generate bottom-line financial results by increasing productivity, profitability and employee retention.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Consulted with corporations to manage complex projects, facilitate strategic meetings, coach executives and facilitate training on leadership, communication, conflict resolution and team building. One of my clients increased team productivity by 40% and reduced consulting fees by 65% over an 18-month project.Executives and leaders received a productive combination of coaching and insightful guidance to achieve meaningful results. Clients embark on a powerful process that activates their individual and collective talents. River Dreams clients develop the ability to:• Clarify their priorities and objectives• Explore new perspectives and territories• Make confident decisions according to what matters most• Activate their strengths and talents• Achieve goals and align with their intentions• Attract opportunities that inspire them

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for managing, designing, developing, producing, and updating Learning Strategies products. Collaborated with authors such as Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols, Marci Shimoff, Bob Proctor, Bill Harris, Janet Luhrs, Stewart Emery and with Paul Scheele and Pete Bisonnette. Directed a small internal development staff and managed from 5-25 external development contractors.Within 18-months, we developed 13 products: 47 seventy-minute audio recordings, 8 twenty-five-minute Paraliminal audio recordings, 14 one-hour Teleseminar sessions, 117 PowerPoint slides, 40 Affirmation Cards, 75 pages of articles and newsletter copy, 120 page Process Guidelines for Paraliminal development, and 1,170 pages of manuals and booklets.

Responsible for managing the profitability of the division by leading the project and operational aspects of an interactive custom software design and development division. Managed a team of project managers, producers, assistants and operational staff. Member of the leadership team responsible for strategic direction and operational execution. In charge of developing the division's staff on communication and workflow capabilities.Our group managed from 30-60 custom projects at a time. We worked collaboratively with other divisions in the delivery of our products, primarily online training and website development. Results included in increase from 0% to 20% in profitability within one year. Was employed by Juntunen Media Group in in October of 1999 within the Interactive Solutions group. Subsequently, the division was sold to Interpublic Group and became known as Sixty Foot Spider.

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Responsible for the profitability of Jeane Thorne branch locations. Three branch managers reported to me. Directed Temporary Employee events and issues, internal training initiatives and strategic duties as a member of the leadership team.Accomplishments included increasing gross profit from 33-35% and staff retention by 185% in 2 years. Received the designation of Certified Staffing Professional (CSP) in 1999.

Responsible for creating and growing a line of Telecommunications technical training products. A development team of project managers, instructional designers, editors, quality assurance experts, interactive developers and software programmers reported to me. Was an active member of the leadership team as we created a new strategic direction for the company.Designed and developed proposals for custom training projects with large corporations and in overseeing successful outcomes for Applied Learning Systems and their clients.

Responsible for researching, designing, developing, implementing, evaluating and managing quality corporate training programs. Managed and collaborated with client liaisons, account managers, instructional designers, web designers, software developers, editors, interactive developers, quality assurance personnel, graphic designers and artists, audio and video producers and technicians, actors, project coordinators and a variety of production personnel.Almost all clients were Fortune 100 and 500 corporations in financial services and dealer/distributor industries. Assigned project that focused on custom training in the areas of sales, service, communication, leadership and team building. Projects ranged from $100,000 - $3 million projects and included teams of up to 25 members. Well known for my ability to consistently produce high-quality programs within budget and on time.

Created a portfolio of over 200 financial planning clients. Assessed their current financial position, identified financial actions and sold products that helped them achieve their financial goals.Won an award for sales production at the beginning of my career and maintained a 90% client retention rate. Received my Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in 1984. At the time of my employment, there were only three women in the region of 45 sales people.

Responsible for teaching band and general music to children from fifth grade through high school. Directed concerts, marching band, pep band, and regional individual and group competitions. Developed the summer band program and taught individual and group lessons throughout the year.The size of the bands and their abilities grew significantly during my tenure as director.