Daniel Blackburn

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About Daniel Blackburn

My mission; Empowering you to live connected to your higher purpose. I am caring, creative, curious, and believe in having fun. My 28 years of experience as an executive leader for Whole Foods Market, combined with being a certified yoga therapist and coach brings a unique “East meets West” approach to individuals, teams, and organizations. Expand bio here I EXCEL AT: Guiding Leaders to their deeper purpose. Connecting with stakeholders across organizational strata and establishing common goals. Creating agile, adaptable teams capable of responding to market changes. Developing and delivering engaging, scalable training that strengthens teams and standardizes service. MY RECIPE FOR LEADERSHIP SUCCESS ⇨ As an authorized partner of Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team I use assessments as a coaching tool ⇨ As a Certified Yoga Therapist specializing in Somatics I offer unique ways to embody and align with purpose. ⇨ I use facilitations (virtual and live) to build relationships within teams and organizations. ⇨ Improve employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and other performance metrics through strategic vision setting and empowering action plans. ⇨ Work with front-line employees and leadership to create customized action plans that align performance with big-picture objectives. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Providing substantial change management leadership for Whole Foods during Amazon acquisition and integration processes. Worked internationally with Whole Foods’ Ontario stores while opening new store in Toronto, developing a strategy for changing minimum wage and achieving positive comps. Restoring profitability to failing stores by collaborating with leaders to analyze team performance and culture and creating detailed action plans to align store with corporate values and objectives. Business Development | Strategic Planning | Team Building | Training & Development | Executive Coaching Organizational Development | Culture Transformation | Budgets | Marketing | Integration | Data Analysis