About Dan

For more than 30 years, Dan Miller's passion for personal and organizational transformation has motivated individuals and organizations to create lasting change. Dan uses proven, results-based interventions and follow-up reinforcement strategies that focus on improving performance. He is personally and professionally committed to the theory and practice of Continuous Improvement.

Dan began his professional career on a clean-up crew and worked his way up through the ranks to become front-line supervisor, safety director, human resources manager, and corporate trainer for North America 's largest hardwood manufacturing company. During these early years, he developed his passion for--and expertise in--innovative and cost-saving ways to enhance safety, accident prevention, efficiency, and effective performance.

Prior to forming his own company in 1997, Dan directed training and organizational development for a human resources association with more than 400 member companies. He designed leadership, communication, and safety skills curricula and annually taught 150 courses.

As a professional speaker, Dan presents innovative and life-changing concepts at conferences, organizations, government agencies, and associations. His entertaining, energetic, and content-rich presentations captivate audiences and consistently receive top ratings. Dan is an active professional member of the National Speakers Association.

As a masterful trainer, he combines his extensive experience and education in adult learning, curriculum design, and organizational development to deliver experiential programs producing measurable improvements in learner performance. His highly effective "no sheep-dip" approach to training (Till the SoilT; Stir the PaintT) produces sustainable change in performance levels and ensures a high return on your training-dollar investments.

As a keenly perceptive and intuitive consultant, Dan uses his expertise in personal development, organizational psychology, and leadership communication to create the shifts necessary to take you and your company to the next level of performance excellence. His work with CEOs, top executives, managers, and supervisors helps them become masterful leaders in every situation.

Dan is a gifted percussionist and tuba player and a passionate volunteer in the local Music in the Schools program. He has been training director of the Crater Lake National Park Volunteer Ski Patrol for more than 20 years and was recently honored in Washington , DC , when the patrol received the national Outstanding Volunteer Group Award from the National Park Service. Among his life mentors are authors and transformational educators Drs. Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, and tuba instructor Dr. John Richards.

Dan has an extensive educational background:

A degree in Speech and Communication from Portland State University
In-depth study in Industrial Management and Organizational Psychology at the Oregon Institute of Technology and the University of Oregon
Intensive work in Multicultural Communication at the Institute for Intercultural Communication
Advanced certifications in Training and Organizational Development from Portland State University and in Corporate Transformation from the Hendricks Institute for Twenty-First Century Leadership
A Certified Rhythm Facilitator in the programs of Arthur Hull
A certified instructor and facilitator of Mastery of Leadership Communication from Glaser and Associates, and of Managing Change and Transition from William Bridges and Associates