THE REWRITE
Same ambition. New story.
A 4-month private advisory & coaching program for ambitious women in demanding corporate careers ready to lead and succeed at the next level — without burning out, selling out or losing yourself along the way.
You’ve already proven you can succeed at your current level.
Your concern is what you’ll have to sacrifice to get to the next one.
You want to:Walk into meetings without rehearsing every sentence in your head beforehand
Have your name come up first for leadership opportunities or high visibility projects
Speak clearly and confidently without replaying the conversation for hours afterward
Advocate for your compensation, promotion, and ideas without second-guessing whether you’ve earned it
Leave work at the end of the day and actually feel gone (mentally and physically)
Be respected, visible, and influential without feeling like you have to become someone else to get there
You over-prepare for meetings you’re already more than ready to lead. You carefully calculate how to say things so you come across as confident, but not intimidating. Strategic, but still likable.
You read the room before deciding how much space to take up inside it.
Your ideas get implemented, but somehow the recognition doesn’t always follow.
You close your laptop at 6pm, but your brain keeps running until 11. Replaying conversations. Second-guessing decisions. Wondering if you said too much, not enough, or the wrong thing entirely.
And while everyone around you sees someone accomplished and highly capable, internally it still feels like you’re working twice as hard just to sustain the level you’ve reached — while knowing you’re capable of more.
But the reality is...
I’m a former Wall Street Compensation Executive turned Leadership Advisor and Coach.
For nearly 30 years, I built my career inside some of the world's most complex financial institutions, leading in fast-paced, high-stakes environments where visibility, influence, and decision-making mattered.
I've sat in the rooms you're in now — and likely the ones you're working toward next.
I've navigated difficult conversations with senior leaders and the C-suite. I've built trust and influence in moments that mattered. I've experienced the pressure of having to think on my feet, recover from setbacks, and lead through uncertainty.
I've also been on the other side of the table.
As a senior leader and Compensation Executive, I was part of the conversations where promotions, compensation, visibility, and advancement decisions were made. I know what gets noticed, what gets discussed, and what often separates those who advance from those who remain overlooked.
Over time, I began to notice a pattern — both in the women around me and in myself. Brilliant, capable leaders who were working incredibly hard, yet still carrying the weight of over-functioning, self-doubt, and the pressure to constantly prove themselves.
That's why I do this work today.
I help high-achieving women navigate complex organizational dynamics, strengthen their influence, identify the gaps that may be holding them back, and create a clear path forward.
So they can advance, lead, and succeed without burning out, selling out, or losing themselves along the way.
Hi, I’m Dana.
The path to your next level in leadership starts with rewriting your story.
This isn’t about needing more confidence, more credentials, or working harder.
The problem is that the patterns that helped you succeed at one level often become the very things that limit you at the next.
✔️Over-functioning.
✔️Constant self-monitoring.
✔️Pressure-driven performance.
✔️Managing perception instead of leading from authority.
These patterns usually develop for a reason. In many environments, they were necessary to succeed. But over time, they become exhausting to sustain and begin limiting your visibility, influence, and ability to lead strategically.
This isn’t about lowering your ambition.
It’s about recalibrating how you lead so your success no longer comes at the expense of yourself.
… and that starts with identifying the pattern that’s keeping you from stepping into the next level of leadership you know you’re capable of.
IntroducingTHE REWRITE
A 4-month private advisory and coaching program for ambitious women in demanding corporate careers ready to lead and succeed at the next level… without burning out, selling out, or losing themselves along the way.
The Leadership Expansion Principle™
Over 4 months together inside THE REWRITE, our work will be grounded in the 3 dimensions of my signature framework, the Leadership Expansion Principle™.
This is a structured approach that helps high-achieving women redesign how you lead and succeed by addressing:
✔️ The internal patterns driving your behavior
✔️ The leadership capabilities required for influence and advancement
✔️ The external systems shaping your advancement
Self Leadership
How you lead yourself
Energy & ____
Boundaries & ____
Capacity & ____
Resilience & ____
How you lead others
We don’t treat these separately.
We work across all three pillars of your leadership expansion simultaneously, so the shifts you make are integrated and sustainable.
While our time will be custom-tailored to the areas of support you need most, below is an example of what the process might look like.
Self-Awareness
Mindset & Identity
Emotional Regulation
Internal Authority
How We Get You There
Strategic Leadership
Executive Presence
Power & Influence
Difficult Conversations
Negotiation & Advocacy
Sustainable Leadership
How you lead sustainably
THE PROCESS
PHASE 1: REVEAL
Identify the patterns shaping how you currently lead and operate and define what you’re actually working towards.
Together, we uncover:
Where you’re over-functioning or over-proving
The internal patterns driving pressure and self-doubt
Where your capability isn’t fully translating into visibility, influence or recognition
The hidden cost of your current way of operating
What leadership at your next level actually looks and feels like.
You leave this phase with clarity around both what needs to change and what becomes possible when it does.
Outcome:
Shift how you think, decide, and lead under pressure, from the inside out.
This is where the real shift happens.
You build both the internal steadiness and the strategic leadership capabilities that change how you operate - and how you are experienced in the room.
Because one without the other creates incomplete change.
Together, we work to:
Strengthen self-trust and internal authority
Reduce overthinking, over-preparing and over-carrying
Expand/enhance strategic leadership capabilities so you can Lead more intentionally and communicate more effectively
Build a leadership style that feels natural, grounded, and sustainable
This is where the internal shift and the external leadership shift begin reinforcing each other.
Outcome:
PHASE 2: RECALIBRATE
PHASE 3: RISE
Step into your next level of leadership — with your values, voice, and identity intact.
You begin to:
Lead with greater authority and significantly less pressure? less effort
Navigate visibility, influence, and advancement more strategically
Speak and make decisions with greater clarity - without the internal negotiation that used to precede them
Step out of over-functioning and into higher-level leadership
Build success that expands your life instead of consuming it
Every session is grounded in your real work and real situations.
We focus on what’s happening internally, how it’s showing up externally and what needs to shift practically.
Outcome:
Investment
What’s Included:
✔️90 Minute Deep Dive Intensive
✔️12 x 60 Minute 1:1 Sessions over 4 months
(3 weeks per month/1 week integration)
✔️Voxer support between sessions
✔️One bonus 45-minute emergency session for high-stakes moments
✔️Curated Resource Library
(Tools, frameworks, and scripts designed to support difficult conversations, nervous system regulation, boundaries and more.)
Investment:
$5000
Whether it's one promotion, one compensation conversation handled with confidence or one year of leading with steadiness -- this work pays for itself in ways that are measurable in both the short and long term.
6-month option and payment plan available.
At the end of 4 months you’ll come away with:
A clear vision for your career and life that embodies your core values and purpose.
A personalized roadmap to guide next steps towards achieving your vision - whether advancing in your current role, pivoting to a new position, or reinventing your career.
The confidence to be able to make decisions about your priorities by identifying which activities create the most value for your career and life goals.
Practical strategies to recognize and overcome limiting beliefs, imposter syndrome, and self-doubt.
The ability to navigate organizational dynamics and build strategic relationships while staying true to your values.
Practical tools to balance work and life commitments in a sustainable way.
“I am stronger, happier, and I’ve taken my power back”
While facing the hardest chapter of my 20-year corporate career, I felt completely at sea and unmoored. Dana was my port in the storm, the unbiased thought partner I desperately needed. She supported me in developing a week-by-week plan that showed me just how resilient I was, grounded me in my own principles, and helped me step forward with the issues at hand while prioritising myself.
After working with Dana, I emerged stronger and more resolute in who I am. I saw through the corporate politics, anchored myself in my own self-worth, and established firm boundaries. I now have a deeper pride in myself than ever before. I am stronger, happier, and I've taken all my power back for myself.
And that feels damn good.
- Genevieve B.
This program is for you if you are:
A high-performing leader, but it is not translating into advancement (yet!)
Trusted, but not fully seen or positioned at your level.
Over-carrying and no longer willing to operate that way.
Ready to shift how you show up in the moments that matter.
Stepping into a senior leadership role and wanting to do so with confidence.
"I’ve had so many breakthroughs and insights"
Before working with Dana, I felt fearful and overwhelmed. I’ve had so many breakthroughs and insights because of her incredible presence and coaching.
Dana has helped me see who I really am, what I value most, and how to apply my insights to my everyday life. I had a huge decision to make that I repeatedly wrestled with, losing all sorts of energy to the “what if’s” that came with indecision. After just two sessions with Dana, I became crystal clear in my decision leaving me feeling lighter, more free, and certain which is such an incredible feeling!
My life is feeling so much better as a result of coaching with Dana.
- Lisa F.
Why work with me?
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