“I expect to pass through this world but once.
Any good thing, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being, let me do it now.
Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” — Stephen Grellet, 1773 – 1855
Duanna Pang-Dokland is a Certified Coach who works with entrepreneurs and small business owners in the areas of sales & marketing and authentic leadership and team performance. Her practice, Igniting Possibility Coaching, designs and delivers programs for business owners and their teams that lead to significant and sustainable big-picture results such as increased profits and productivity.
One of Duanna’s passions is assisting business owners to create sales & marketing campaigns that generate results even on a shoe-string budget.
Another of Duanna’s specialties is authentic team building — coaching leaders to develop teams for increased performance and sustainable competitive advantage.
Duanna also provides Corporate Retreat Facilitation, which includes conducting leadership training and coaching programs at the retreats.
Duanna’s coaching draws upon years of experience managing small publishing houses in her position as Magazine Editor of lifestyle magazines, where her responsibilities included writing, editing, implementation of marketing strategies, staff management and business development.
Her coaching also draws from moving from Singapore to America and starting her own business from scratch, without knowing a single soul in a new community.
In her leadership roles, Duanna worked with teams that were diverse in cultures and professions, successfully forging productive and cohesive relationships amongst them that resulted in increased performance, productivity and profitability.
She was also the Content Director of an Internet portal that spanned 3 countries –- Singapore, Malaysia & Hong Kong.
Duanna obtained her coach certification through an ICF [International Coach Federation] accredited coaching school based in Boulder, Colorado, where she studied under Dr. David Krueger M.D., a renowned psychologist turned coach.
Duanna is also one of few coaches in Southeast USA who is licensed to offer PRINT surveys — a cutting-edge assessment that focuses on a person’s strengths. In addition, Duanna is certified to offer the MindScan assessment — an instrument that reveals one’s thinking patterns and strengths. MindScan is based on Dr Robert Hartman’s Nobel-Prize winning work.
Duanna is a Past President of the ICF North & Central Alabama Chapter. In 2007 and 2008, Duanna spearheaded projects that showcased the positive impact that coaching can have on the Birmingham community, as well as the coaches who were available locally to assist the community at large.
Duanna’s was a member of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Committee. In 2006, Duanna proposed the Night of the Living Dead event which took place on Oct 26. The purpose of this event was for business owners to share their “near-death” business experiences, how they survived them, and the insights they gained as a result of those trials.
Duanna also volunteered her time at the Chamber’s Entrepreneurial Training Series’ planning committee. The committee was responsible for planning the programs for the year.
Currently, Duanna is the Diversity Chair for the Birmingham Society for Human Resource Management (BSHRM). She is also an Advisory Committee Member of Coaching The Global Village, a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Florida that provides coaching skills training to community leaders in developing countries.
A native of Singapore, Duanna lives in Birmingham, AL, with her Norwegian husband and son. They moved here when her husband accepted a professorship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“You are a person truly committed to service over self.” — Henry Whitlow, MBA (Harvard), Business Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia
“You are such an inspiration.” — Teresa Thorn, Executive Director, City Action Partnership; author of novel Noah’s Wife
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Duanna co-authors 101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life with renowned self-growth masters like Mark Victor Hansen, Ken Blanchard, Les Brown and Bryon Katie.
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Look Ma, I can paint!
Vietnamese Autumn
Orange
Guitar Girl
Suburbia
More paintings to come, I hope!
