With a background in Industrial and Systems engineering and more than two decades of training, executive coaching, and most importantly, real-life, in-the-trenches leadership experience, her view is insightful and refreshing. Danielle believes that we are all connected and that success only happens with the cooperation of others. Knowing all too well that culture eats strategy for breakfast, Danielle’s approach with clients seeking to build a collaborative work culture ensures that trust be foundation.
Danielle, referred to as “the motivator” and a “phenomenal change agent” for her innate ability to bring the best out in others to consistently drive results and deliver value, is known for her high energy, humorous style; hailing from Chicago’s south side, Danielle’s fusion of street-savvy real-world stories and her passion for helping others connect with her audience at a truthful, transformational and tailor-made level.
Standing firm with science and experience that trust is hands down the #1 force multiplier for high performance, Danielle has delivered unprecedented results as a project management consultant and Lean/Agile transformation coach for best in class companies like UPS, Yellow-Roadway, RR Donnelley, Allstate, Apartments.com, US Foods. She has also served several small business within the US as well as the UK where she was sought out to provide her expertise during a massive labor contract renegotiation for the largest independent airline provisioning and logistics company in the world.
Founder and CEO of 7 Wolves Consulting, LLC. and author of the upcoming book “The Trust Factor: How to Unlock the Power of Trust to Build the Perfect Agile Team, Pollard is passionate about making work fun and cultivating peak performance for individuals, teams and companies across the globe.
Driven by a strong sense of community she has gleaned from her past experiences to impact the lives of hundreds of inner city youth and aspiring women entrepreneurs through her nonprofit performing arts and empowerment programs.