Member Bio
Tanea Flanders, M.A., PCC, provides executive coaching and development experiences that activates individual and organizational leaders toward meaningful and measurable change in their career path, work teams and personal lives.
Through her company, Design You Coaching clients leverage her more than twenty years’ experience in transformational change, personal and professional development to cultivate the strong work culture they seek from within. In addition to traditional leadership and management development topics such as strategic planning, employee engagement, team building, and performance management, Design You Coaching also provides mindfulness practices, emotional intelligence and work/behavior style assessments to promote greater insight, accountability and sustainable action plans.
Tanea’s career as a workshop facilitator and coach began with her work as a Change Management Consultant for Accenture, Inc., supporting PeopleSoft implementations across industries including telecommunications, retail and government clients. Her work as an organizational development leader continued with roles in technology, media and entertainment, consumer products and education where she continues to serve as Executive Director for Columbia University’s Learning & Development team. Current Design You Coaching clients include leaders in marketing, law, theatre, beauty and non-profit companies and reflects Tanea’s ability to support a diverse spectrum of leaders execute their company’s vision and strategic imperatives in alignment with their own.
In addition to her extensive work experience, Tanea earned her master’s degree in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Lehigh University, and coaching certification from New York University. She holds master certifications in instructional design, facilitation, and leadership assessments with Langevin Learning Services, American Management Association (AMA), Development Dimensions Incorporated (DDI), and CPP. A recently certified Designing Your Life (DYL) program facilitator, Tanea also maintains assessment certifications for DiSC, 5 Behaviors, CPI 260, LIFO and 360o feedback assessments. She is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society; Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology; and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., demonstrating her ongoing commitment to service, leadership and empowerment.
