“I am a leader of PepsiCo’s Women of Color employee resource group and in this capacity have developed programming to raise the bar on diversity and talent. In 2023, we focused on developing relationships with HR partners and building value-add capabilities. Dana spoke to our 100+ participants about techniques to improve our negotiation skills.

Dana’s presentation proved to be more than informative! Her delivery was very engaging and interactive. Our participants requested that we bring Dana back into PepsiCo’s Women of Color 2024 agenda for an even longer session. She is phenomenal.“ 

“We brought Dana in, on very short notice, to facilitate formation of an advisory group at a time of important organization transition. She quickly proved to be an exceptionally able and eager student of the organization and culture, making it her business to really understand us before she stepped into the meeting room. Her efforts paid off. She led an effective, engaging and very productive session at the close of which at least one participant not known for his enthusiasm declared it the best such meeting in which he’d been involved. Another participant marveled that “Dana didn’t feel like an outsider. She clearly ‘got’ us and even speaks our language!” As her primary point of contact, I thoroughly enjoyed her responsive professionalism, warmth and great energy. Her process suggestions and gentle guidance as we felt our way toward articulated goals for the event were invaluable. We look forward to another opportunity to work with her.” 

“Dana Theus delivered an insightful presentation to our Loudoun SHRM chapter on the subject of HR’s role in change management and change leadership. She engaged our audience by sharing rich content, soliciting our perspectives, and getting us out of seats near the conclusion to demonstrate her content, giving us actionable takeaways. She conveyed the executive mindset during change, helpful for executives and non-executives. Dana’s presentation resonated given how change is constant for HR professionals. Thank you Dana, hope to see you again at a future Loudoun SHRM event.” 

Dana Theus has a presentation style that is inspiring, connecting, and enthusiastic, and we’ve had her back to participate in several programs. Her presentation to Women in Technologies, the mentor group, was to impart best practices for mentors who work with proteges in our organization. She impressed upon the group, the need to use leadership acumen when working with the proteges, as well as empower the proteges to consider their alternatives to solutions. The interactive breakout sessions encouraged participants to share their experiences as mentors and weigh their own leadership style. I look forward to Dana’s future presentations for our women, both mentors and proteges, who are always motivated by her thoughtful leadership tips that can be employed at work or life situations.”

“Dana delivers! Dana put together a wonderful webinar that discussed the topic of the communication gap between genders. She really stressed the importance of perceptions verses reality in gender communication and how people need to be aware of the silent messages we send. The topic resonated with many of the webinar attendees based on the responses we got back. We had 130 people on the webinar, which was a record for us and we’re discussing what we can do next on this topic. Dana delivered an impactful message for women and WISE benefited from her expertise.”