About Donna
August 31, 2007 by Donna Steinhorn
Donna Steinhorn, President of Coaching to Success, is an Executive, Life and Mentor coach with more than 30 years of corporate and business experience. She divides her time between her one on one clients, developing and leading retreats and workshops, and multiple projects including the popular Coach the Coach program and the Celebrity Coaching Association. She is also the co-founder of three organizations: The Association for Coaching Excellence; A Conversation Among Masters annual event, and the non-profit Coach Initiative.
Donna brings a wealth of resources, as well as a keenly tuned intuition and sense of humor to all her work. Donna is the former Executive Vice President for Coachville and past Dean of the Thomas Leonard Coaching School, and has trained and mentored hundreds of coaches. Donna is a Coach U graduate, and is certified by the International Association for Coaching and the International Coach Federation. She is also a member of the prestigious Transformational Leadership Council established in July of 2004 by Jack Canfield. [A group of thought leaders, speakers, authors, coaches, trainers, researchers, consultants, and others who are leaders in the fields of personal and professional development.]
With her multiple roles, she’s learned how crucial it is to embrace change and create inspiring, sustainable environments for success.
Okay…that’s my formal bio. Want to know more about me?
I’m an only child (although I haven’t truly been a child in a long time), fan of Woody Allen (earlier works), science fiction (not the alien or fantasy works as much as alternative worlds and futuristic), food (eating it, cooking it, reading about it), good movies, the ocean (watching it more than being in it), travel, good company, gadgets, the internet, and especially laughter and fun!
I believe that everything has a funquotient if you try to find it. (Ok, I can think of a few things that don’t, but let’s not dwell on those.) I think that everything goes better with friends, and you can’t have too many of those. On the other hand, you need to choose your friends wisely.
I believe that everyone needs to give back to the world in some way…it doesn’t have to be big, but it does have to matter to you.
I KNOW that everyone can be happier if they choose to be. And it frustrates me (ok, I’ve admitted it) that so many people don’t choose to. I’m on a mission to change that.
Donna, I too am an only child and love Woody Allen (old stuff) Laugh and laugh some more is my motto. I love my friends and the more fun the better!!!!!!
Yo girlfriend! I too am an only child (and adopted), and resonate with what you say in your personal bits here - ocean, sci-fi, food, movies, internet. Pity we don’t live closer…
And you say: I KNOW that everyone can be happier if they choose to be. And it frustrates me (ok, I’ve admitted it) that so many people don’t choose to. I’m on a mission to change that.
So am I. I’m so glad I read this here. Kudos!
Im writing to tell you about a book that Doubleday is publishing MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE by Bill Strickland
Last November I flew to Pittsburgh to meet Bill Strickland. All I knew was that he had built a center in the middle of the ghetto, six blocks from where he grew up, and “was saving the lives of troubled youths and disadvantaged adults through arts and education.” Exactly what that meant didn’t hit home for me until I stepped foot inside his building and met the man himself.
Bill started off his center, The Manchester Craftsman’s Guild in a row-house that was donated by the local church. His method for getting kids out of trouble and off the street was simple: physically take them and show them how to work with clay. As word traveled from person to person and school to school, he no longer had to go seeking them; they came to him and his little center grew to become a world-class facility.
Designed by one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s students, the center is bathed in sunlight despite the cold and snowy November day, fresh flowers are everywhere, and a buzz of activity from both students and adults is in the air. The flowers are not just any flowers, but prize-winning orchids grown in their state-of-the-art greenhouse just next door. Some might ask what a poverty program needs a greenhouse for and to that Bill would be the first to say that it is NOT a poverty program. It is a training program for poor people and why shouldn’t poor people be given a sanctuary from the streets where they see no light ahead of them? By teaching them horticulture, along with culinary, computer, mathematics, chemistry, ceramics, photography, and much more, Bill is helping to change the conversation and help them see that they have a future outside of what they know. In building this world-class facility, he is helping to create world-class citizens.
Over the years I have worked with many different authors, all with their own unique backgrounds. Bill is the first author whose story has brought tears to my eyes, has received a standing ovation at every speech I have seen him give, and has even tempted me to leave my job so that I might follow in his footsteps. Luckily for me, Bill’s message also shows us that we don’t need to do anything that drastic. There is always something we can do right in our own backyard that will make a difference in people’s lives. It is my hope that in writing this letter and offering you a complimentary copy of MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE, you too will be inspired by his remarkable life and share it with your blog readers.
I look forward to hearing from you and getting your mailing address to send you a free copy of this amazing new book.
To find out more about Bill, the book and view a video of him please visit http://www.bill-strickland.org.
To see more about the center in Pittsburgh watch: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qg4bqejzCkc
Best,
Meredith McGinnis
Associate Director of Marketing
Doubleday 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-782-8967
E: mmcginnis@randomhouse.com