After earning a Masters of Business Administration degree from Washington University, Denise spent over 25 years running various Human Resources functions or departments at corporations such as People’s Energy, Lending Tree, Budget Car Rental, Gap Inc., and Monsanto before starting her own company in 2007. As the CEO of Remarkable Leadership Lessons, Denise has since worked with individuals, union organizations, government agencies, and transitioning corporations to do what she does best: partner with C-suite executives, department heads, or transitioning individuals to develop practical, specific, and tactical leadership skills and behaviors that unblock their personal success, all with an eye to achieving very quantifiable improvements in performance. Utilizing a deep and comprehensive set of her own skills, Denise helps assess incoming candidates’ leadership abilities or diagnose why a talented manager is not performing as well as expected. She helps create high performing inclusive workplaces, identifies the key differentiating behaviors that matter, and creates quantifiable measurement criteria against them. Denise has also helped her clients manage through tough transitions or changes to business models. Through one-on-one coaching, structured leadership training coursework, team or group workshops, or tailor-made curricula, Denise guides companies and individuals to elevate their game and maximize their company’s performance.