With over 25 years of professional experience as a change leader at Microsoft and Honeywell, Damon Stoddard has a proven history of driving systematic, transformational change in organizations and has won numerous awards for his work.
Most recently, Damon earned the reputation as “The Psychological Safety Guru at Microsoft” because of his thought leadership in conjunction with workshops, executive coaching, and keynote speeches to thousands of Microsoft employees. Furthermore, Damon co-created software that is used by more than 2,000 teams across Microsoft and 65,000 organizations worldwide to measure and systematically improve by creating thriving team cultures.
In his personal life, Damon is an author and also coaches authors to write and publish their own books. He wrote his first book, Pain Drives Change, in 45 days. In this highly acclaimed book, Damon shares his personal transformation of overcoming divorce and building the family of his dreams. This book became the foundation for Change YOUniversity where he and his coaches have coached thousands of men to build the families of their dreams and break the generational curses in their families forever.
In Damon’s second book, Apathy or Action, he shares his personal journey of fighting cancer that has inspired countless people to take action when facing fear in their own lives. Damon has successfully applied the principles he’s learned to numerous volunteer organizations, including a thriving men’s ministry and small groups ministry in his church. In Damon’s previous role as Vice President of Discipleship and Culture, he helped create one of the premier Christian junior football programs in the nation.
Together, he and his wife, Debbie, live near Seattle and enjoy the family of their dreams together.
If you’d like to learn more about how Damon can help your organization, feel free to message him on LinkedIn or schedule a free call with him.
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