Our Coaches

The coaches at MacklinConnection are people who live the work. Each one brings their own experience, curiosity, and stand for helping others become their best possible selves.

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Performers who are committed to being their best possible selves have coaches.

Yes — coaches, as in more than one.

Over a forty-year career, anyone committed to top performance will work with a dozen or more coaches. Each one plays a role in helping them see something new, practice something different, and take the next step toward who they want to become.

MacklinConnection coaches are committed to your growth. Our work together focuses on helping you become sufficient in leading and in culture creation — typically over eighteen to thirty months of lived practice.

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The MacklinConnection stand for our clients is:

  • We never coach without permission.
  • Everyone who is committed to becoming their best wants the best coach they can afford.
  • We never tell our clients what to do. We believe in them — and telling them what to do would be undignified.
  • Everyone is afraid, even those who never look afraid. Capable individuals can talk about their fears.
  • We all live in stories we make up in our heads — and forget we made them up.
  • Everyone comes to work every day to do a good job.
  • Life is fun.

Meet The Team

At MacklinConnection, we’re more than consultants — we’re practitioners of the leadership work we teach. Every member of our team has walked the hard road of leadership and knows firsthand what it takes to build trust, reset culture, and lead with purpose.

Ron Macklin

Insightful, Effective, Caring

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Ron realized early in his engineering career that he had a passion for building and leading teams. To succeed, he needed to build a deep network of support. He needed to learn why people connect and how they create results together. This realization led him on a 30-year journey that culminated in the creation of the 7-step Macklin Method and the launch of Macklin Connection. Ron and his wife Koni have three adult children, Garrett, Lorin and Brennan.

Deb Dendy

Emphathetic, Insightful, Transformative

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Meet Deb Dendy, dynamic co-host of & The Story in Your Head podcast. More than just a voice behind the mic, Deb is a passionate entrepreneur, seasoned executive coach, and a visionary innovator with a rich 30-year journey in the electronics industry. From her early days as a design engineer to impactful leadership roles, including Vice President of Operations and Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Deb's career is a testament to the power of strong networks and seizing opportunities.

Angie Ewing

Authentic, Direct, Results Driven

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Angelia is a forward-thinking leader who helps organizations solve complex problems at the intersection of finance, information technology, and processes. She has an innate ability to see the big picture and chart the best path forward. For example, one organization used Angelia’s input to reduce costs by $500M in a year and another generated $2.3B in cash through the sale of a business unit. In her current role at CommerceHealthcare, Angelia equips medical providers with strategies that improve internal processes, increase patient satisfaction, and optimize working capital. Through her extensive work with executives and financial leaders, Angelia brings deep communication expertise to her role as Session Leader for the Beginner and Mastery Series. Angelia received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She also attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City and completed a master’s degree in accounting information systems and a certificate in healthcare leadership.

Jason Tanaka

Humble, Authentic, Generous

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Jason is a senior executive and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of success in the tech software development, banking, mortgage, and student loan industries. He brings deep experience as an innovative leader to start-ups and companies seeking expert assistance with go-to-market, new product launch, organizational restructuring, growth, and efficient use of technology. Over his career, Jason has led innovative teams at lending and tech companies, including H&R Block, Acqura Loan Service, and Vantium Capital. Today, Jason serves as a Chief Technology Officer responsible for all aspects of client software delivery, overall strategy, industry offers, and innovation. Through his professional experience, and daily practice of the Macklin Method, Jason has come to believe that authentic relationships create intrinsic fullment for human beings, and brings this perspective to his role as Session Leader for the Beginner and Mastery Series. He views relationship-building as an experiment that can be both rewarding and fun. Jason holds a BS (Magna Cum Laude), Information Systems Management, with additional coursework in Finance from Salisbury University, Perdue School of Business. In addition, he completed two Business Professionals Courses from The Aji Network in San Francisco: “Distinctions and observations to create valuable business offers”, and LEIP Program (Leadership Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Power. Jason has served on various boards for small-medium sized firms, (National Asset Advisors, TaxScan), and built and led external advisory boards for clients to enable broad input to operations (LenderLive, Chase Bank)

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