Brief Bio
Dolon Gundoju is a highly successful, driven, and ambitious Leadership Development Consultant/Coach and President of DB Coaching & Consulting: EmpowerU. “I empower individuals to be successful by providing leadership solutions.”
She worked in corporate America for over 28 years. Dolon was involved in various roles focused on leadership & organizational development and learning in the U.S., India, China, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Canada. She specializes in individual/team coaching, mentoring, change management, building high performing teams, and leadership development. Dolon worked across industries at Fortune 500 companies. She also worked as a business process consultant at a global IT consulting firm and as Vice-President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at a tech start-up. Her leadership at a non-profit organization led to a National Award for Chapter Excellence and a 2003 NASDAQ opening.
During her career, Dolon prepared over 600 managers in leadership roles, preparing them to be a new leader, seasoned leader, and/or transitioning to a new role. She led leadership initiatives for 5000 + employee organizations in-times of significant growth, restructure, and acquisition and drove corporate-wide human capital needs. In China, she taught senior leaders about leadership, focusing on empowerment, performance management, reward/recognition, work styles, etc. to prepare them for a successful opening of the Beijing office. Top management was able get their employees up to speed in their role in order to meet business results thanks to her approach.
She holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a MA in Business Education with a focus on intercultural communication from New York University. Dolon also held an Adjunct Professor position at New York University, teaching instructional design.
Dolon is a Board member of University of Texas McCombs School of Business with Center for Leadership/Ethics. She leads FutureWomenX Houston chapter.
Outside the “normal office hours,” Dolon speaks at conferences. She was a guest speaker at the Women’s Global Leadership Conference, Value of a Veteran, Diversity & Inclusion in Oil & Gas, and Energy Conference Network, sharing insights on leading during a pandemic, mentoring, developing employee resource groups, and women leadership.
Today, she continues the journey to help empower people to be successful in what they do.
