Don Sandel

Founder of GoPositiv and a long-time talent development leader who spent decades inside organizations designing learning experiences that actually worked. A dynamic presenter with a sharp sense of humor, Don became deeply interested in how the brain learns and what enables people to bring their best selves to work.

Modern Author Program

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“Once I had structure, accountability, and editors holding me to a standard, writing the book went from painful to something I couldn’t wait to do.”

Don Sandel

What Changed?

A single leadership workshop, grounded in neuroscience and positivity research, unexpectedly developed a waitlist. That signal repeated across internal programs, global conferences, and client engagements. Demand kept growing, but the ideas lived mostly in workshops and talks.

Goal

  • Build authority or thought leadership
  • Support a consulting or speaking business
  • Use a book as a business asset

Constraints

  • Limited time / full-time job
  • Not a confident writer
  • Needed structure and accountability
  • Wanted editorial guidance, not ghostwriting

Role

  • Founder / entrepreneur
  • Consultant / advisor

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