"I'm addicted to understanding people and what makes us want to get out of bed in the morning. I've worked with and learned from some of the greatest minds in the world on wellbeing and self development. And I'm committed to getting this kind of work to where it can have the greatest impact." - Danielle
DANIELLE POSA
A cancer survivor, Danielle is deeply passionate about the subject of wellbeing - what it means to live a full and meaningful life. She believes wellbeing should be central to all decision-making at the individual, organizational and societal level and her work is dedicated to making that a reality.
As a Workplace Wellbeing Advisor, she works with organizations to help them develop comprehensive, long-term wellbeing strategies. She is also Vice-Chair of the Global Wellness Institute’s Workplace Wellbeing Initiative.
In addition, Danielle’s website The Wellbeing Hacker offers research-based online courses and coaching programs for individuals.
Danielle has worked with the best thought leaders in the self-development and wellbeing space. She has been personally mentored by Deepak Chopra, and most recently led his B2B strategy as the former Director of Enterprise Solutions at his company, Chopra Global. In addition, she and Deepak developed and led a unique leadership course called Workplace Wellbeing & the Soul of Leadership, which is now available online (click here).
Prior to starting her own business, Danielle was a management consultant for Gallup. Her key responsibilities included managing client relationships, and advising them on how to improve employee/customer engagement and wellbeing, leverage talent, and create high-performing workplaces. Danielle also served as the liaison between Gallup and Gallup Senior Scientist Deepak Chopra, where together they focused on exposing Gallup’s wellbeing research to the world. Her efforts encouraged corporate and city leaders to broaden their focus from traditional metrics such as GDP to incorporate measures that reflect the quality of life of the people they lead and influence.
Danielle speaks publicly to various audiences about her cancer experience, life and wellbeing. She guest lectures with Deepak at his Columbia MBA course called "Just Capital and Cause-driven Marketing" as well as his Executive MBA class at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, "The Soul of Leadership." In addition, she has been on stage at Deepak's Sages and Scientists conference, and has been interviewed for his show “One World” . Danielle also blogs for the Huffington Post , is a G8 Young delegate, and is a volunteer and public speaker for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Before joining Gallup, Danielle worked on a start-up venture to help students connect with colleges that would be a fit for their interests, passions and personality. While in college, she worked as a sales manager and representative for Vector Marketing, a direct sales company, where she broke a national record in monthly sales her first month on the job. As a District Sales Manager, she ran the New York division’s pilot office, one of the top offices in the country.
Since Danielle was 19, she has participated in various, highly intensive and globally recognized self-development and leadership programs. In addition, she coached and head-coached these leadership programs, helping individuals live life powerfully and effectively. On her own time, she has extensively studied various bodies of knowledge on human nature including behavioral science and economics, ontology and phenomenology, neuroscience, consciousness, and of course wellbeing/happiness developing an expertise in the space.
Danielle received her bachelor’s degree in international business and marketing from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. As a Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer survivor, Danielle completed two triathlons for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program raising thousands of dollars. Danielle is from New York, but currently lives with her husband, daughter Giavanna, and newborn son Nico. Her favorite pastimes include spending time with her family, traveling, and playing piano when she can.
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”