Insights from Dana the Coach

Panic in the Pandemic. Dana Mitra is a faculty coach, career, coach, and leadership coach. She specializes in coaching academics, women leaders, and professionals making career changes. She coaches on purpose, balance and productivity. She is an experienced researcher and professor, with 20 years in the industry.

The ‘And Then What?’: Moving Beyond Your Fear of Failure

We all know the feeling. That knot of anxiety that tightens when you consider launching the new project, starting a…

Deep questions about sense of purpose.

Many of my recent faculty coaching clients are facing some deep questions about their sense of purpose in academia. Disillusionment…

Dana Mitra's book, The Empowered Professor: Breaking the Unspoken Codes of Inequity in Academia.Dana Mitra is a faculty coach, career, coach, and leadership coach. She specializes in coaching academics, women leaders, and professionals making career changes.

The Empowered Professor: Breaking the Unspoken Codes of Inequity in Academia – A Conversation

In this podcast, I discuss how academics can find success and fulfillment in their careers. Ian asked me about how…

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Join me on the Higher Ed Geek

I speak with Dustin Ramsdell on succeeding in academia, including a discussion of successful academic publishing, work/life balance, and finding ones purpose. I also discuss ways for a university to create a supportive work culture . We focus on highlights my recent book, The Empowered Professor. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and elsewhere.

Building community image on Dana Mitra's website.Dana Mitra is a faculty coach, career, coach, and leadership coach. She specializes in coaching academics, women leaders, and professionals making career changes. She coaches on purpose, balance and productivity. She is an experienced researcher and professor, with 20 years in the industry.

ENERGY HITS FOR EXTROVERTS IN THE NEW NORMAL

I am an extrovert junkie. When I felt too ordinary or sluggish, I seek adventure. I yearn for the energy…

Buddha and succulets. Dana Mitra is a faculty coach, career, coach, and leadership coach. She specializes in coaching academics, women leaders, and professionals making career changes. She coaches on purpose, balance and productivity. She is an experienced researcher and professor, with 20 years in the industry.

Reclaim physical space to get unstuck

I sense out there a transition—from the clutching of crisis to an unsettled awareness that fear and isolation are far from over. Temporary changes in routine are becoming new ways of doing things for the long-term. Loss feels greater perhaps as the thought of a curtailed summer becomes more and more real.

Slow down. A blog by Dana Mitra. Dana Mitra is a faculty coach, career, coach, and leadership coach. She specializes in coaching academics, women leaders, and professionals making career changes. She coaches on purpose, balance and productivity.

Developing new routines in quarantine

Living in quarantine can lead to days that seem to stretch on for weeks–but with little opportunity to feel productive.…

Testimonials

Dana Mitra brings a host of skills to the coaching session. She helped me gain great clarity through her masterful use of powerful questions. She created such a safe, confidential space that I was able to "go deep" into the issue and really examine and remove the barriers that were holding me back. She is compassionate and supportive--yet strong enough to hold me accountable. Dana Mitra is truly a Master Coach!

Connie K, New Bern, nc

I worked with Dana after experiencing an exceptionally challenging professional conflict. With a balance of compassion and bad-assery, Dana helped me get back on my feet. Ultimately, her coaching enabled me to shift a difficult experience into a powerful opportunity for learning and growth. With her help, I redefined my professional goals and values, and am now in my dream position. I could not more highly recommend her to academics and professionals looking for a thoughtful, funny, and effective coach.

Daniella H., Chicago

Dana's guidance has always led me in the right direction whether it be a personally or professionally. Dana has the ability to discern the heart of the issue. Her keen insight has led her to ask the tough questions that have helped me develop...I see how strategic Dana was when pushing me or retreating when I needed to work out an issue independently. This thoughtful and responsive support allowed me to grow as a person, scholar and teacher.  

Kristina B., Atlanta

I have known Dana for almost a decade. She coached me through the academic tenure process. She is a phenomenal person, scholar and coach! She is a leader in the field on student voice and youth leadership which she applies easily to her work in coaching. She has many tools to help people succeed in negotiating tenure or any complicated part of life. On top of that, she is dependable, fun, and wicked smart!

Stephanie S., Bloomington, In

I worked with Dana during a time when my dental practice was going through significant transition. I was struggling to find time for my family and me. Dana helped me recenter, reground and reprioritize. She offered a judgment-free zone and kept me loyal to finding time to reflect and breathe. I am grateful for the time I spent with Dana. I continue to carry her guidance with me.

Diane R., State College, PA