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Can You Be Naked at Work?
Does your organization aim to build trust, increase employee engagement, drive powerful results and game-changing innovation, and create a psychologically safe environment where teams thrive?
Your authentic leadership can make that happen. Starting now, you can be the catalyst that delivers measurable, material value to your organization.
Danessa serves as a trusted guide through a proven 6-step process that delivers true authentic leadership. Not carefully curated #authenticity, rather the gritty authenticity born of imperfect experience that each of us bring to our roles. Leaders and teams who bring authenticity to their organizations pour themselves into their role, explore new frontiers fearlessly, and tackle conflict with candor and compassion. These leaders are the best of the best.
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A flexible, creative performer, Danessa’s work spans a variety of industries. Danessa specializes in supporting open, authentic communication, sharing difficult messages, and exploring our personal biases and story. She has deep financial services, sales, operations, professional services, and non-profit experience and relates well to a wide variety of audiences.
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What Clients Are Saying…
“This new and straightforward perspective on being an authentic leader is fantastic and I can immediately use this information to begin to implement change.”
CHRO Technology
“Danessa Knaupp strikes exactly the right blend of human experience and science and research sprinkled with humor and grace.”
General Counsel, Fortune Top 25
“Audience members rave about her amazing energy and her ability to take an abstract topic and make it actionable.”
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About
Danessa Knaupp
Danessa is a CEO, executive coach, and best-selling author shifting the global conversation on leadership. She has coached hundreds of executives across every major industry and has developed a reputation as a candid, compassionate and courageous leadership partner. She is the author of the best-selling leadership manual, Naked at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Fearless Authenticity and regularly addresses C-suite audiences on how to harness the power of real authenticity (not #authenticity) to drive measurable business results.
Known for her unique ability to drive new levels of engagement and performance with key leaders, Danessa is a fresh, positive voice on leadership and executive team effectiveness. She has coached CEOs, boards, and C-suite teams on issues related to leadership effectiveness, succession planning, M&A integration, and conflict intervention. Her clients have included Anthem, BMW, AmerisourceBergen, Capital One, Comcast, Genworth, Hilton, KPMG, Mastercard, and more.
Danessa earned her executive coaching credentials from Georgetown University, and a BA in Psychology and Sociology from the College of William and Mary. She spent more than 20 years as an entrepreneur and a senior executive and ultimately, CEO.
More about Naked at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Fearless Authenticity
An Amazon #1 Bestseller, Naked at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Fearless Authenticity is a practical, proven approach to building a confident, grounded leadership presence at work. Authentic leadership builds high-performance teams and powers performance, and this book is a step-by-step guide to that transformation. Using real examples from top executives in large companies, the latest leadership theory and data, and her own track record of spectacular failures, Danessa Knaupp shows leaders how to be their authentic best.
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“Every single day, business leaders across the world put on a brave face to survive the workday. Danessa Knaupp’s insight into how to be a great leader? Take it off. Naked at Work is a look at how authenticity is the only true way to becoming a top-shelf leader. While it may sometimes be difficult to admit your own fears to yourself, doing so will allow you to lead, especially in tough situations.”
—Entrepreneur Magazine
“In a refreshing manner that sets her book apart from many business guides, [Danessa] delivers her message with compassion but remains no-nonsense. Her advice is simple to embrace and implement, which makes for easy, even delightful reading.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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Excerpt from Naked at Work…
“I donʼt have an MBA. I work harder than anyone else, but itʼs not easy. I put myself through school, but I didnʼt have a plan.” My clientʼs words kept tumbling, faster. “Iʼve been promoted quickly, sure, but Iʼm not sure anyone here really sees me. If they did, Iʼm pretty sure they wouldnʼt trust me with a job this big. Iʼve screwed up before. I want you to know: Iʼm different from your other clients.” I countered, “You were the youngest person ever promoted to your role in the companyʼs history. You are known for your honesty and your ability to speak truth to power. You work so hard that you skipped a level, going straight from director to VP. I know youʼre different. Your difference is your power.”
Some clients Danessa has worked with
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