Full Name
Dena Samuels, PhD
Job Title
Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Coach
Company
Dena Samuels Consulting
Speaker Bio
Dena Samuels, PhD is a leadership development consultant, executive coach, speaker, and social scientist with over 25 years of experience working at the intersection of resilient leadership, sustainable performance, and organizational culture. An award-winning tenured professor at the University of Colorado — Colorado Springs, she now consults and coaches full-time while remaining on faculty.
Dr. Samuels is the creator of The Inner Edge Leadership Series, a complete leadership development pathway built around the proprietary INNER framework — five core capacities that develop the internal leadership skills most programs never address. Her latest book, Fast Relief from Anxiety: 25 Tools to Calm Your Nervous System, and her earlier work, The Mindfulness Effect, reflect the depth and breadth of her approach to inner leadership development.
Her client portfolio spans Fortune 50 corporations and more than 150 organizations across the U.S. and beyond, including NASA, Yale University, PBS, Humana, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Facebook/WhatsApp. Her community activism includes facilitating cross-racial dialogue, and mindful yoga. You can find some of her meditations on the Insight Timer app.
Dr. Samuels is the creator of The Inner Edge Leadership Series, a complete leadership development pathway built around the proprietary INNER framework — five core capacities that develop the internal leadership skills most programs never address. Her latest book, Fast Relief from Anxiety: 25 Tools to Calm Your Nervous System, and her earlier work, The Mindfulness Effect, reflect the depth and breadth of her approach to inner leadership development.
Her client portfolio spans Fortune 50 corporations and more than 150 organizations across the U.S. and beyond, including NASA, Yale University, PBS, Humana, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Facebook/WhatsApp. Her community activism includes facilitating cross-racial dialogue, and mindful yoga. You can find some of her meditations on the Insight Timer app.
