Education
Santa Clara University
B.A., English: Written Communications -San José State University
M.S., Mass Communication -Briar Cliff University
English/Spanish majors, -Work Experience
Marcia Daszko & Associates
Current
Marcia Daszko & Associates
IBM
2012-06-01 - 2013-01-01
IBM
In2In Thinking Network
2000-03-01 - 2005-03-01
In2In Thinking Network
Process Plus Consulting
1988-10-01 - 1993-01-01
Process Plus Consulting
Skills
Summary
🌎 2025: Candidate for Corporate Boards. Contributions include: Strategy, Marketing, Communication, Leadership Development, Transformation, Scaling Growth, Turn-arounds, M&A. Expert in the Deming philosophy of management. ❓Are You Getting the Results You Want? Do you feel uncertain, stuck, or overwhelmed? Do you struggle to solve the same issues and problems, but they re-appear? ❗️Leading is a HARD job! It takes know-how, courage, continual new learning, pivots, and grit! Moving forward FAST can be a challenging, lonely job! ❓What if you could pivot, lead, and transform your job, team, or business and Accelerate? 🌟My name is Marcia Daszko. I consult, speak, & work with leaders/teams to pivot, transform, & thrive. I teach & help apply the Deming philosophy of management. 💥My Aim: provoke your thinking to achieve Bold results ! 💥I'm a Catalyst for Strategic Change, Innovation, and Transformational Leadership. 💥I am a high-energy, thought-provoking, caring contrarian who engages C-suites, Boards, teams, remote workers, & global audiences. WHY? 🌟To give you the EXPERIENCE to see barriers & show how to pivot your thinking for FLOW & bold possibilities! WHAT’S POSSIBLE? ⭐️Learn how to rapidly accelerate, lead, pivot, transform, based on a theoretical foundation of management (not fads and "best practices!") My mentors, Dr. Perry Gluckman & Dr. W. Edwards Deming taught me; I attended 20 4-day Deming seminars. (He helped Japan after WWII become a global competitor.) In 1993, my mentors passed. ⭐️In 1994, I founded Marcia Daszko & Assoc., a strategic & operational consulting & speaking practice. 🎤 HOW DO I HELP: ⭐️Assess Your Situation; Design & Guide You to Thrive ⭐️Virtual, Workshop and Keynote Speaker 🎤; Retreat Facilitator CLIENTS 🌎 Private companies to the Fortune 500; non-profits; education; healthcare; manufacturing; transportation & the U.S. military. Clients: Apple, AT&T, Blue Shield, Boeing, Cisco, Dow Chem., Honda, Intel, Intuit, PBS, Pepsi, Varian Med., U.S. Navy. GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR: 📚Pivot Disrupt Transform; Turning Ideas Into Impact CONTRIBUTOR: ⭐️Strategic contrarian Podcast Guest ⭐️SJSU Board: Exec.; Str. Plan. & Engagement Comm. ⭐️MBA Leadership Prof ⭐️Columnist: Bus. Journals/BizWomen ⭐️Co-Founder: Bay Area Deming User Group (BADUG), 17 years ⭐️Founding Board Member: In2In Thinking; co-led annual conf., 16 yrs. ⭐️Rotary; Athena; Nat. Speaker Assn. (NSA) 🏠 I've lived in IA, WI, MN, Switzerland, NYC, & CA ❤️them! Passions: Develop leaders, travel ✈️ & learn. Travel: 40+ countries 🌎 & 50 states 🇺🇸.