About Duanna + Contact

“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

:: “You are a person truly committed to service over self.” – Henry Whitlow, MBA (Harvard), Business Consultant ::

:: “You are such an inspiration.” – Teresa K Thorne, Executive Director, City Action Partnership; author of novel Noah’s Wife ::

 

Duanna Pang-Dokland is a Certified Coach who works with leaders and business owners who want to dramatically increase their team performance, productivity and profitability.

Her practice, Igniting Possibility Coaching, designs and delivers programs for leaders and business owners that take the stress out of leadership, and lead to significant and sustainable big-picture results such as increased profits and productivity.

One of Duanna’s specialties is authentic team building — coaching leaders to develop teams that feel a strong sense of belonging, and using that as a foundation for dramatic growth.

Another of her passions is coaching new managers and directors on a one-on-one basis, assisting them to step into their leadership roles with confidence and ease, and become inspiring and engaging along the way.

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 country and 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 MD, former clinical professor of psychiatry at Baylor College turned executive mentor coach.

Duanna is also one of few coaches in Southeast USA who is licensed to offer the Hartman Value Profile — a cutting-edge assessment, based on Nobel nominated work by Dr. Robert Hartman, that reveals a person’s thinking pattern and decision making style.

Duanna is a Past President of the International Coach Federation’s 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 is an Affiliate Member of Harvard Medical School’s Institute of Coaching. She is also a member of Conversation Among Masters, an invitation-only gathering of master-level coaches from around the world.

Duanna was a member of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce’s (now known as the Birmingham Business Alliance) 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.

Duanna was the 2010 Diversity Chair for the Birmingham Society for Human Resource Management (BSHRM). She is a Board 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. Todate, CGV has worked in countries like Africa, Nepal and Costa Rica. Duanna also volunteers on the Membership Committee of The Women’s Network — a gathering of Birmingham’s top women executives and leaders.

In 2011, the Leadership and Management Schools of Armenia recruited Duanna to be a lecturer in two of their schools, in the area of leadership and management, for students who range in age from 18 to 40.

An avid writer of leadership trends, Duanna has written articles for publications like the Birmingham Business Journal, The Birmingham News, the Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, Business Alabama magazine, The Birmingham Times, FreshGrads.sg, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (published by a government agency in Singapore that is devoted to entrepreneurship) and so on.

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.

2007 & 2008 North & Central Alabama Chapter President

:: Sept 28, 2010: Duanna was featured in the Birmingham Society of Human Resource Management’s (BSHRM) blog, SHRMingham. Find out some fun facts about her!

:: Oct 30, 2010: FreshGrads.sg, an online community dedicated to fresh college graduates from Singapore selected Duanna for a personality feature.

Duanna co-authors 101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life with renowned self-growth masters like Mark Victor Hansen, Ken Blanchard, Les Brown and Byron Katie

 

 

 

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Since 2005, Duanna has been giving talks and conducting workshops in Birmingham, Alabama. Check out these past events by clicking here.

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Companies that Duanna has worked with include:

• Children’s Hospital (Children’s of Alabama)
• UPS Store
• Teklinks
• Kirkpatrick Concrete
• Grow Alabama
• Moreson Conferencing
• Merrill Corporation
• MassMutual Financial Group
• ProImage
• Capstone Development International
• Summit Displays
• EMH Home Inspections
• Jucos Aveda Salon
• Hand-in-Paw
• Children’s Aid Society
• Pathways

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Contact Duanna

:: email is magic: coachduanna (at) ignitingpossibility.com

:: LinkedIn : learn all the juicy resume-style facts about me

:: Facebook Fan Page : a “like” and “comment” is worth a thousand words

Duanna also enjoys dabbling in painting — a new interest she accidentally discovered when she first arrived in Birmingham.