Dennis Alimena
Northwest and Eastern
Favorite Wooden Maxim
"The best way to improve the team is improve yourself."
Dennis Alimena brings to his work guiding leaders in transformational culture change over 30 years of business experience in start-ups, sales, culture shaping, organizational development, ERP execution, training, coaching and consulting positions.
Dennis started his first company in the 1980s called Wellbeing Systems, Inc. where he facilitated many Outward Bound-type exercises that led to better trust, teamwork, and communication in groups. He joined Senn Delaney Leadership in the early 1990s and would later rejoin in 20212 as it was being acquired by Heidrick and Struggles. Dennis left Heidrick in 2020 and started Mindset for Success, LLC.
He authored the book, The Winning Mindset for Leadership: Unlocking your Potential in Business, Sports and Life, and founded CreativQuest, LLC. His second book, Harmonization, is aimed at challenging thinking to create more innovation in organizations.
Areas of Expertise
- Thought Coaching
- Alignment
- Optimism
- Culture
- Teamwork
- Experiential learning
As a Coach
30+ years experience; certified in many platforms, e.g., DiSC, Myers-Briggs, Hermann Brain (HBDI); certified coaches at “unfreezing” calcified thought; consulted with the John Maxwell organization during creation of their coaching process; Sherpa Coach; coached 10,000+ leaders around the world
