Consulting and Coaching Services
DCM provides through a series of confidential conversations that are designed and conducted to enhance the leader’s well-being or performance. It is a process designed to facilitate thinking or learning new behavior for personal growth or professional advancement. Performance coaching can be very beneficial to those who would like to improve their leadership results to benefit their organization whether the CEO, board leader or leadership team member.
DCM’s extensive experience as a chief executive officer and board chair allows him to relate to others because he have been in your shoes. DCM believes coaching requires both parties to enter into the relationship willingly with clear expectations and agreements on how the process will work. It is a relationship, or partnership, that allows anything to be asked, said or considered. The ability to trust the “coach” is a crucial requirement of the relationship as well as the ability to listen and hear what the coach has to say without getting defensive.
Clients of DCM’s nonprofit leadership & board governance performance coaching state the following benefits:
- Increased confidence and ability to be a more effective leader
- Enhanced performance as CEO, board chair or entire leadership team
- Ability to constructively confront the tough issues and decisions making
- New insights and self-awareness into their behavior
- Ability to develop their own solutions rather than have them externally imposed
- A roadmap for personal growth
“Dennis Miller can ‘talk the talk’ because Dennis has ‘walked the walk;’ he has been there, done that! You know immediately that Dennis isn’t merely speaking from the theoretical or from a textbook but rather, he has a wealth of rich and tremendous knowledge to draw from when providing counsel. And his communication style is refreshing – Dennis doesn’t mince words…he tells it like it is! In the seat I occupy, it is comforting to know I can tap into that treasure of experience to help advance the mission I am privileged to represent.”
Tom WeatherallPresident & CEO, Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey
"We engaged Dennis at a time when our board was dealing with some incredibly challenging governance issues. Dennis interviewed all members of our board and made immediate suggestions for improving the work of our board. It became immediately evident that Dennis was a major asset to me as board chair and our chief executive officer both as a good listener but as a trusted expert board and leadership coach. Dennis is someone you can always count on."
Tom JohnsonBoard Chair of Wordsworth Academy, Philadelphia, PA