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About Dan
Dan Johnson, CEC, CGP is President of Performance Mastery, a performance improvement and executive coaching firm located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dan has been consulting with organizational leaders on performance improvement issues for over 25 years. Among his clients have been large financial institutions, insurance companies, manufacturers, and associations with leaders throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Dan's expertise extends to the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), having served as career coach for conference attendees at the ASTD International Convention and Expo.
Dan’s success with performance improvement and leadership initiatives has been driven by his systematic and creative approach to helping a variety of organizations achieve desired performance results from their employees. His experience has included roles as consultant, coach, trainer, and performance improvement professional in the U.S. and abroad. As a performance consultant he has successfully addressed issues of employee productivity, retention, and job satisfaction; change management and the merging of cultures during company acquisitions; targeted performance reviews with ongoing feedback; and effective leadership development through training, coaching, and on-the-job application of new skills. His executive coaching work has helped clients be more effective on the job, renew their passion for their profession, live more authentically, and create more balance in their lives. His work as both internal and external consultant has contributed to the success of Eli Lilly & Company; Roche Diagnostics; WellPoint; American United Life Insurance Company; Bausch + Lomb; Chase Bank; The Kroger Company; Clarian Health Partners; Hancock Regional Hospital; Good Samaritan Hospital; Roudebush VA Medical Center; Advanced Marketing Services Inc.; Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Company; Golden Rule Insurance Company; Internal Revenue Service; Office of the Attorney General for the State of Indiana; Keihin Indiana Precision Technology; Kiwanis International; American Legion Auxiliary; and Indiana University. He is a current adjunct faculty member of Indiana University, where he teaches courses in the Human Performance Improvement certificate program and the Leadership Certificate program.
Dan graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. from Purdue University in Financial Planning and earned an M.S. from Indiana University in Instructional Systems Technology. He is a Certified Excellence in Coaching through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching with graduate training in organization and relationship systems coaching from the Center for Right Relationship. Dan is also a third-year graduate of the Indianapolis Gestalt Institute. Dan recently served as president of the Greater Indianapolis Chapter of the International Coach Federation and has also served as president of CIASTD, the Central Indiana chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, and the Indianapolis chapter of ISPI, the International Society for Performance Improvement. In addition to his work with ICF Indy, CIASTD, ASTD, and ISPI, Dan is an active member of the Association of Career Professionals International (ACP International). He has been a featured speaker for the International Society for Performance Improvement Conference and is an award-winning presenter, having received CIASTD's "Presenter of the Year Award" and the "Instructor of the Year Award" from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Dan's certifications, recognitions, and assessments include the following:
- Certified Excellence Coach (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching, accredited by the International Coach Federation)
- Relationship & Organizational Systems Coaching (Center for Right Relationship)
- Certified Gestalt Practitioner (Indianapolis Gestalt Institute)
- Life Blueprint® Facilitator (Life Blueprint® Institute)
- PROFILOR® 360-degree Feedback System for Executives and Managers (Personnel Decisions International)
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)
- Achieve Global Leadership Training Facilitator (Achieve Global)
- DiSC (Inscape Publications)
- Performance Management Basics (Aubrey Daniels International)
- Managing Your Career and Managing Career Development (Right/Career Directions, Inc.)
- Creative Problem Solving (Creative Problem Solving Group -- Buffalo)
