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    Debra Miller

    Co-founder and Director

    Values Centered Innovation

    Key Takeaways

    • 1.She is the co-founder of Values Centered Innovation, a global firm dedicated to helping organizations achieve their highest human capacity.
    • 2.Miller is recognized for her pioneering work in establishing the field of business coaching and spiritual-based leadership.
    • 3.She has worked with global corporations including Nestle Purina, Kiewit, Magna, Land O'Lakes, and Nokia India.
    • 4.Miller has co-authored several books, including "Leading with Wisdom" and "Beyond Motivation: Waking up the Knowing Within".

    About Debra

    Who is Debra Miller?

    Debra Miller is a highly experienced leader and innovator, recognized as a co-founder of Values Centered Innovation (VCI), a global enterprise dedicated to helping individuals, groups, and organizations achieve their highest human capacity through innovation. With a career spanning over four decades, Miller has significantly contributed to the fields of corporate management, consulting, and coaching. Her work emphasizes integrating human values and spiritual principles into business practices to foster leadership effectiveness and organizational growth.

    What is Debra Miller known for?

    Debra Miller is known for her pioneering work in business coaching and spiritual-based leadership. In the early 1990s, she founded Masterful Mission, an organization that helped establish the now-widespread concept of business coaching for executives, business owners, and entrepreneurs. She leads VCI’s coaching and training practices and IT development, and is a co-author of VCI's intellectual property. Miller's expertise extends to organizational innovation, executive coaching, and the practical application of human values within the workplace. She has trained thousands worldwide and worked with numerous global corporations, including Nestle Purina, Kiewit, Magna, Land O'Lakes, Nokia India, Infosys Technologies, and Aon Hewitt.

    What is Debra Miller's background and experience?

    Debra Miller's extensive career includes over 40 years in corporate management, consulting, and IT initiatives. She has a deep background in designing and implementing training programs, having trained thousands of individuals globally. In 2000, she co-founded the Global Dharma Center with William C. Miller, an initiative focused on the intersection of spirituality and human values in leadership and work environments. Through the Global Dharma Center, she co-produced programs on "Human Values and Ethics in the Workplace" for UN Habitat and led a groundbreaking "Spiritual-Based Leadership Research Program." This research involved interviewing over 40 top executives from 18 countries, exploring the impact of spiritual principles on leadership. Miller has also served as guest faculty in the University of Dallas’ DBA program, sharing her insights on leadership and innovation with doctoral candidates.

    What topics does Debra Miller speak and write about?

    Debra Miller is a prolific author and speaker, focusing on a diverse range of topics designed to enhance leadership and organizational effectiveness. Her contributions include books such as Beyond Motivation: Waking up the Knowing Within, Leading with Wisdom (derived from the Global Dharma Center's research), and Human Values and Ethics in the Workplace (developed for UN Habitat). She has also authored numerous articles and white papers. Her areas of discussion and writing include business coaching, spiritual-based leadership, the critical role of human values in the workplace, and the methodologies of innovation enablement. Through her publications and presentations, Miller advocates for a holistic approach to leadership that integrates inner wisdom with external business strategies.

    How does Debra Miller contribute to the Best Practice Institute?

    Debra Miller contributes to the Best Practice Institute as an expert faculty member, sharing her profound knowledge and experience with BPI's global audience. She has presented on significant topics, including "The Spiritual Based Executive," a webinar that delved into the transformative potential of spirituality as an inner foundation for business leaders. Her involvement with BPI underscores her commitment to fostering a new era of leadership that is grounded in principles of purity, unity, and expressed spiritual character, ultimately aiming for spiritual well-being and global prosperity. Through her presentations, Miller encourages executives to consider a "revolution" in business leadership—a return to spiritual roots and leading from that authentic inner source.

    Background & Perspective

    Background

    With a career spanning over four decades in corporate management, consulting, and IT initiatives, Debra Miller has established herself as a leader in organizational development. In the early 1990s, she founded Masterful Mission, a pioneering organization in the field of business coaching. In 2000, she co-founded the Global Dharma Center to research the intersection of spirituality and leadership, culminating in a study involving over 40 executives from 18 countries. Today, she is the Co-founder and Director of Values Centered Innovation (VCI), a global enterprise she co-founded with William C. Miller.

    Throughout her career, Miller has designed and implemented training programs for thousands of individuals worldwide and has worked with major corporations such as Nestle Purina, Kiewit, Magna, Land O'Lakes, Nokia India, Infosys Technologies, and Aon Hewitt. She has also served as guest faculty in the University of Dallas’ DBA program.

    Areas of Expertise

    Debra Miller's expertise centers on fostering leadership effectiveness and organizational growth by integrating human values into the workplace. At VCI, she leads the coaching and training practices as well as IT development. Her primary specialties include:

    • Leadership Effectiveness
    • Executive Coaching & Business Coaching
    • Organizational Innovation
    • Spiritual-Based Leadership
    • Human Values in the Workplace
    • Training & Development

    Topics Covered

    Miller is a prolific author and speaker on subjects designed to enhance leadership and organizational effectiveness. She advocates for a holistic approach that connects inner wisdom with external business strategies. Her published works include Beyond Motivation: Waking up the Knowing Within, Leading with Wisdom, and Human Values and Ethics in the Workplace (for UN Habitat). As a contributor to the Best Practice Institute, she has presented on topics like "The Spiritual Based Executive," encouraging leaders to ground their work in authentic, spiritual principles for greater well-being and prosperity.

    Areas of Expertise

    Leadership EffectivenessExecutive CoachingOrganizational InnovationSpiritual-Based LeadershipHuman Values in the WorkplaceBusiness CoachingIT DevelopmentTraining & Development

    Research Topics

    LeadershipOrganizational DevelopmentInnovationHuman CapitalCoaching

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