Deanna Siegel Senior, PhD, is a certified executive coach and accomplished Head of Talent with more than two decades of experience coaching high-performing leaders and teams. In her coaching practice, she specializes in executive transitions and focuses on how the most effective executives inspire their teams through authentic leadership and radical candor.
Deanna’s guiding approach is to help leaders identify their motivations and values in order to tailor their leadership style and discover greater levels of success and ease in all areas of life.
Throughout her career, Deanna has built a solid reputation as a pragmatist who builds strong relationships, and acts boldly to identify and address challenges.
Deanna comes to coaching from a successful career in People and Talent at brands including Tiffany & Co., WW (reimagined from Weight Watchers), Deloitte and Pfizer. Deanna was brought into WW to build a talent culture to support the CEO’s vision for inspiring healthy habits for real life, for everyone. While at Tiffany & Co., she led the creation of a set of aspirational cultural values, as well as a marquee high-potential program called The Tiffany Academy for Excellence and Diversity in Leadership. Prior to Tiffany, Deanna was a key part of the worldwide organizational effectiveness and consulting services team and led the Southeast Asia Earthquake Relief (SAERF) initiative at Pfizer. Before Pfizer, she was an external consultant at Deloitte Consulting specializing in human capital and supporting leaders in the luxury retail, finance and pharmaceutical industries on their team and organizational challenges.
Deanna holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University and a BA from The University of Michigan. She received her coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation and holds a PCC designation.
Education
BA University of Michigan
PhD Columbia University
Certifications and Training
Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC)
Hogan
PROSCI Change Management
Bates ExPi Executive Presence Assessment
StrengthsFinder
International Coaching Federation (ACC)
Meyers Briggs Type Indicator
Neuroleadership Institute
HRDQ Communications and Coaching Style Assessments
Selected Clients
Fastly, Sidley, Kite Pharma BDO, AdWeek, ASPCA, Chubb, Columbia Business School, Diptyque, Disney, fresh, Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Hines, IMC Trading, JetBlue, KPMG, L’Oreal, National Women’s Soccer League, NY Power Authority, National Hockey League, National Lacrosse League, PMI, Revance Therapeutics, Shamrock Capital Advisors, Tiffany & Co., Total Wine & More, UJA-NY, Wafra
Inspiration
Professional moms and dads who work hard at both work and parenting, entrepreneurs and realists who self-reflect and live their values, her three children.