Dana Janzen
PCC
About Dana
Dana Janzen is a future-focused Executive and Systemic Team Coach known for her energy, clarity, and ability to spark meaningful transformation. With over 20 years of experience, she partners with senior leaders and teams to navigate complexity, strengthen leadership impact, and align around what matters most.
Dana brings a rare blend of commercial acumen and human insight, helping clients build trust, shift mindsets, and achieve results that stick. She is especially skilled at quickly building rapport, creating the conditions for teams to engage in candid, productive conversations that accelerate growth, at the individual, team, and system levels.
Education
Dana is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the ICF and holds certifications in Systemic Team Coaching (GTCI/EMCC), Team Performance Coaching (TCI), and Executive Coaching (Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching). She is currently pursuing her Advanced Certification in Systemic Team Coaching (Senior Practitioner).
She holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. As a lifelong learner, Dana actively engages in professional communities to deepen her practice and contribute to the evolution of team coaching in Canada and beyond.
Expertise
Dana brings deep expertise in executive and team coaching, grounded in systems thinking, adult development theory, and evidence-based approaches. She creates psychologically safe yet challenging environments that spark honest dialogue and lasting shifts. As a systemic team coach, she blends coaching, facilitation, and leadership development to help teams strengthen alignment, trust, and impact.
She is certified in tools, including the Leadership Circle Profile™, Hogan, EQ-i 2.0®, LEA360™, the Team Diagnostic™ Assessment, and Team Connect 360. She also regularly uses and debriefs DiSC and Gallup’s StrengthsFinder. Dana is known for her presence, practicality, and ability to help clients turn insight into real-world leadership action. As an experienced TEDx Speaker Coach, she helps senior leaders elevate executive presence and communicate with clarity and conviction.
Experience
Dana is a trusted advisor, coach, and leadership facilitator to leaders and teams across sectors, including pharma, tech, financial services, biotech, telecommunications, energy, automotive, media, and public sector. Her clients include eBay, Deloitte, TD, Biogen, Mazda, Rogers, CIBC Mellon, SkipTheDishes, and Allergan. A seasoned program designer and award-winning former sales leader, Dana crafts engaging learning experiences that accelerate team performance. She brings insight, rigour, and humanity to every engagement, helping leaders lead with purpose and impact.
