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About Sandra Donati
As the President of InteGreat Peak Performance. Work. Life. Play. LLC, and as an adjunct professor with American University in their Department of Public Affairs, Key Executive Leadership Development Programs, I help individuals, corporate, non-profit, and government leaders and teams more effectively win at work and life through individual and group coaching and workshops I personally designed, developed, and facilitate.
https://www.integreatpeakperformance.com/workshop/
I know what it feels like to be consumed at work, to work with a frustrated team in a tough environment with toxic leadership who are not people-focused, to not have time for yourself, and to be too drained during the weekend to make time for the people that matter the most to you. For the first 9 years of federal service, I served in the United States Army, 24/7. The remainder of my career was at the Pentagon. For years, I gave 150% of myself to work, lost sleep, and just did not feel fulfilled even though my team and I were hitting our goals. I went to bed at 8 pm every night just because I knew I would not sleep well and I had to get up at 4 am, every workday! The euphoria of much-needed vacations quickly evaporated the first day back at work.
The turnaround came for me while attending a leadership course in 2010 when I took the Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment based on the book, The Extraordinary Leader. After taking the assessment I found out my top five talent themes and immediately went to work on intentionally investing in myself to turn all five talents into strengths. I wasn’t an expert in the leadership development field at the time, but I wanted to be and I am now a Clifton-certified Strengths Coach with over 700 coaching hours. I have provided a StrengthsFinder keynote address and workshops for the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, the Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, the White House National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the Mandela Washington Fellowship, private and nonprofit organizations.
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Today, I’ve grown and changed and spent the last 10 years focused not only on my own leadership development but developing all levels of leaders, teams, and individuals as well. Who would have thought in 2010 that I would be overseeing a leadership academy or that I would have developed the concept for the leadership academy and personally taught the curriculum that would transform people’s lives?
In 2015, I received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service, for my efforts. The biggest compliment I receive from my program graduates is how the program not only improved their professional life but their personal lives as well. Relationships with those who mattered most to them significantly improved and they had more balance. They realized there was no one like them in all the world and that if they focused on their unique strengths and abilities they could win at the game of life.
Now, I’m more excited than ever because I’ve retired from the federal government at an early age with lots of energy and passion and can devote more time to my husband Tom, my daughter Danielle, recently married to my son-in-law Kevin, and expecting their first child, and to enriching the lives of others by sharing what I’ve learned and love – how to be an effective leader who is actually living one’s legacy with more balance in all aspects of life.
Can I do the same for you and your organization?
