Don’Angelo Bivens, MS, PCC
Senior Executive Coach
Goodstone Group LLC
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Email: db*****@************up.com
Phone: (312) 502-4230
Education and Professional Affiliations
- A., Psychology, Tuskegee University
- S. Industrial/ Organizational Psychology, Missouri State University
- Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Co-Active Training Institute
- Certified Professional Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation
- Emotional Intelligence Certified Coach, Goleman
- Certified in a range of contemporary assessment and typing tools including: Human Synergistics Leadership Workstyles & Inventory w/ Item-Level Feedback; Korn Ferry’s ESCI, 360, and Leadership Architect tools; MBTI; The Leadership Circle Profile (LCP), and Hogan
Board Director Experience
VP, Talent Development, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (2017 – 2020)
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Coach, Innocence Project (2019 – Present)
Coaches wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated and given the opportunity to start again.
Volunteer Coach, United World of Coaches (2019 – Present)
Coaches leaders in Humanitarian and NGO Sectors otherwise precluded from the opportunity to experience the transformative change that coaching can bring to their lives and careers.
Professional Experience
Don’Angelo leverages his keen understanding of what drives human behavior and performance to help leaders examine their internal conversations for better alignment with their leadership intentions. As a trusted partner, his direct, compassionate, and fun style allows leaders to stretch, trust themselves, and improve their impact.
Don’Angelo coaches leaders in Fortune 500, middle market, and early stage firms. His clients include founders and C-level, rising, and emerging leaders. Coaching areas include building, inspiring and leading teams; establishing psychological safety and trust across an organization; transitioning into new roles; increasing emotional intelligence; improving influence, and organizational savvy. He’s also sought out for coaching to become a more demonstrably equitable and inclusive leader.
Don’Angelo’s clients work in industries that include biotech, consumer goods, energy, finance, healthcare, insurance, legal services, media and entertainment, food and beverages, higher education, private equity, technology, mining, pharmaceutical, real estate development, and retailing. They include public and private corporations, local and state governments, and NGOs.
Prior to his career as an executive coach Don’Angelo held leadership roles in health care, public education, real estate, and gaming and hospitality.
Recent Coaching Assignments
- Chief of Medicine of a healthcare system transitioning to the C-Suite to improve executive presence and to effectively manage development of billion-dollar building campaign
- VP, Construction with $16B P&L of Fortune 400 construction company to increase vulnerability with team – improving trust, performance, and safety within his division
- SVP of large insurance technology, subsidiary of a Fortune 500 to improve impact through better communications with staff and fellow C-Suite leaders
- SVP of middle-market, clean energy company to better understand and to develop emotional intelligence
- Commissioner of NYC government to improved his leadership strategy and to develop his team of inherited staff members
- VP Risk of a Fortune 100 oil and gas conglomerate to build more flexible leadership and more effective influence skills
- SVP Banking and Compliance of Fortune 500 cloud-based company to establish more psychological safety and trust with colleagues
- CEO and President of Fortune 200 commercial technologies and software company subsidiary to build greater self-awareness and self-management
- VP, IT of Fortune 500 insurance firm to enhance self-confidence and ability to work with and manage difficult people
- Senior leader/lawyer of $5B cloud security technology firm to improve leader’s confidence, to better manage difficult conversations, and to influence senior leadership to meet the needs/wants of his division
- VP Engineering of Fortune 500 aerospace company to focus on self-care, to manage difficult conversations, and to inspire during a time of crisis
- SVP, General Manager of Fortune 500 real estate development firm to deepen and broaden his influence skills and to expand his responsibilities and impact. Promoted to SVP.
- Two-member founding executive team of Series A funded social media technology firm to conduct difficult conversations, strengthen strategic alignment, and to effectively on-board other executive team members
- CEO of statewide, $20M non-profit to develop and demonstrate more inclusive leadership behaviors
- Head of innovation of a hyper-growth, billion-dollar transportation technology company to improve influencing of staff and peers
- Founder and CEO of $13M electronic components firm to strengthen relationships with C-Suite team during organization’s restructuring
- Division Chief of Medicine of major healthcare system; on transforming organizational culture, managing conflict, and establishing trust
- Regional VP, Operations of Fortune 500 utilities company to help shift to new role and to address imposter syndrome tendencies
- COO of agriculture firm to develop and implement a growth mindset and better self-care practices
- Chief Architect of Fortune 500 consumer technology company to improve self-awareness and use of empowering language with peers and senior management
- Senior Director, Partnership of $600M pharma company to improve thought leadership, engagement with senior leadership, and delegation. Leader promoted to VP
- EVP, Digital of multi-billion-dollar music entertainment company to develop greater emotional intelligence and to demonstrate more respect for and value of others
- SVP of Fortune 300 customer relationship management technology organization to become a more coach-like leader and to create development opportunities for his team
- CMO of Fortune 500 financial management company to refine ability to inspire and self-manage impact on peers and staff
- VP of statewide healthcare system to better meet expectations of new role and to effectively address conflicts within his organization and with community partners
- Head of channel development for Fortune 500 consumer products company to become more adaptable and to empower his staff to take more ownership of their respective departments
- SVP, Global Strategy of Fortune 200 company to improve self-awareness, to take greater ownership of impact on others, and to rely more on empowerment and empathy as a leader
Career History
Independent Executive Leadership Coach & Consultant (2007 – Present)
Provides 1-1 coaching and leadership training to groups of leaders around the globe.
Faculty, Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) (2019 – Present) Co-leads coach training courses to leaders and aspiring coaches globally.
Sr Director of Talent & Coaching, Sunshine Suites (2010 – 2013)
Managed P&L, led strategy, oversaw 90+ facilitators for training and development. Partnered with NY Mayor Bloomberg’s Dept of Economic Development to launch first co-working space in Bronx. Collaborated with local universities to develop onboarding for small businesses.
Adjunct Faculty, City University of New York (2009 – 2010) Prepared curriculum and taught human resources classes to undergraduate and graduate students.
Intergovernmental Relations and Corporate Planning, NYC Health & Hospitals (2004 – 2007) Managed relationships with city and state governments, Board of Directors, and community partners. Helped write grants that supported city clinics and hospitals.
Staffing Manager, Harrah’s Entertainment (2003 – 2004)
Responsible for local staffing. Collaborated with city government to create a program for welfare-to-work recipients. Led corporate-wide J1-visa international recruitment efforts to staff more than 500 positions with a 100% success rate.