Key&Spark is a boutique company founded by Dana Poul-Graf, former Head of Global Communications at Deutsche Post DHL IT Services. We’re a group of passionate professionals fueled by empathy and creativity, helping leaders like you reclaim your inner leadership spark and ignite your environment to achieve higher performance.
We’re your strategic thought partner. We open the door to genuine dialogue and new perspectives through radical honesty. By integrating deeply into your setting and applying strategic thinking and a purpose-driven focus, we help you create an authentic leadership strategy that respects the uniqueness of your personality and situation. We empower you to confidently decide, act, and create the sustainable, thriving life and workplace you want.
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Dana is a cross-disciplinary consultant, mentor, and coach who helps leaders discover their authentic paths, engage their teams, establish great cultures, and live their strategies.
Throughout her career, which spans industries and companies of various sizes, Dana observed the essential impact of a leader’s self-awareness. Quickly promoted into increasingly responsible roles, she realized that the quality of an organization’s leadership is its key success factor—no matter how excellent the strategy, how well-defined the solutions, or how valuable the services. She also realized that many leaders might feel as she did: Isolated and missing a partner to act as a mirror, help her think, and implement the results of the process.
Guided by empathy, creativity, and a deep honoring of others, she partners with clients to find the meaning in what we, as humans, do. Dana and her team look below the surface to re-ignite the passion that connects teams and triggers positive change. When you work with Dana, engagement and productivity increase, and sustainable environments form. Dana’s key values are honesty, fairness, love, and care.
Clara is a product advisor, mentor, business and wellbeing coach who helps product leaders and founders achieve growth for themselves, their people and their companies without sacrificing their wellbeing.
In her over 15 years of rich experience in product management, leadership, and public speaking, she helped turn challenging products into market successes, drove revenue growth, and played a key role in company acquisitions, all while learning valuable lessons from both successes and setbacks. Her method is integrative, combining her deep knowledge of product management with her skills in business and holistic body coaching. Clara is dedicated to addressing the often-overlooked needs of product leaders, providing them with the guidance and tools necessary for success. Her philosophy centers around people, guided by values of love, service, and authenticity. She believes in empowering teams through understanding and genuine engagement, leading to the creation of impactful and successful products.
When you work with Clara, you can expect a focus on enhancing leadership skills, refining product strategies, and boosting team performance, all grounded in practical wisdom and a straightforward, authentic approach.
Pete brings over 20 years of IT leadership experience, blending technology expertise with a keen understanding of cultural dynamics to drive transformative change in organizations. He is a mentor at heart, finding his purpose in helping people and companies achieve their goals through a holistic approach that integrates technology, culture, and customer-centricity.
His passion for leadership and empowering others is the cornerstone of his success. Pete’s leadership style is about engaging, listening, and adapting to meet the evolving needs of organizations. He navigates the complexities of today's ever-changing business landscape, delivering results that rekindle organizational passion and drive sustainable service delivery.
If your organization feels disconnected and needs a transformation, Pete is the partner you need.
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“Honestly, I haven't spent much time thinking about my personal brand before or how to nurture it. But after this class, I realize the importance of asking myself some important questions: How do I want others to perceive me? What is important to me and my business? What is my personal story that I want to relate? Thank you, key&spark s.r.o., for asking these thought-provoking questions and giving me much food for thought... I highly recommend Dana Poul-Graf and Nina Weisslechner to everyone looking for ways to improve their personal image, business brand and guidance around these topics? They are TOP.”
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“Before this Masterclass, my perception of personal branding was that it’s something relatively new. I was hoping to discover how to move forward in communicating my own personal brand with confidence, and in an authentic and believable way. Nina and Dana gave a captivating presentation packed full of insights and actionable tips. There were also helpful question and answer sheets to guide attendees in defining their own personal branding journey. I’ve now started implementing the learnings and have every intention of continuing to do so. My thanks to Nina and Dana.”
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“If you are looking for a business or life coach, I can most highly recommend Dana Poul-Graf. Dana consistently met me right where I was, and her exceptional talent lies in her ability to ask precisely the right questions that led me to explore deeper layers of my thoughts and bring them to the point of clarity. She helped me untangle my business and personal structure, find clarity around deep wounds, and tap into my life purpose.”
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“Dana had an extraordinary ability to perceive me and my needs in one session, offering specific solutions while showing the patience and sensitivity that helped me find my path, take action, achieve results, and, most importantly, get to know myself better.”
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“Thank you Dana Poul-Graf and key&spark s.r.o. for this leadership program, which was full of learnings, experience sharing and joy. A great opportunity to expand your network, practice the learnigns, and gain confidence.”
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“Thanks Dana Poul-Graf and all the participants for this great experience. A lot of learnings to reflect about and to put into practice!”
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“This was such a valuable experience with so much practical information that I would honestly recommend it to anyone who leads a team, needs to be ready for online presence and is willing to learn. The ability to practice what we learned in such an open-minded community of people who were able to give honest feedback was demanding yet so helpful. Thank you Dana Poul-Graf and her team for all the energy you put into this.”
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“Thank you Dana Poul-Graf for this learning opportunity and being part of such great group of inspiring leaders and entrepreneurs!”
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“It was an honor to be part of this fantastic crew. We have all gained so much valuable knowledge in these past two months. Thank you Dana Poul-Graf and key&spark s.r.o.!”
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“It has been a delight having Andy Formanek from the Key&Spark team with us for these few months. His skills and attitude have been so much relief for me.”
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“With the support of Dana and Key&Spark, our team has transformed from the sum of its individuals into a solid unit held together by trust, leadership, and collaboration.”
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“The executive training and coaching program with Key and Spark helped me and my colleagues understand the shift necessary to stay impactful in this new era. It was a well-conducted and well-delivered interactive dynamic experience that inspired me.”
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“Dana is extremely kind, supportive, solutions-oriented, and non-judgmental. Her approach is simple, effective, and not at all overwhelming like other approaches I tried. I am very satisfied and at peace now, because I know that change is possible with the right kind of support.”
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“The Key& Spark program helped the team to think “outside of the box”. Dana shared her insights from a lot of experience, and her emaculate way of asking questions brings the best of individuals in her sessions ...”
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“Working with Dana, I moved from an Ok job to my dream job, full of fulfillment and meaning, positioned where I always wanted to be. I know my career is in my own hands. With endless opportunities, I am now the master of my life. The sky is my limit!”
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“Working with Dana, I obtained a deeper understanding of my strengths, areas of development, and my values. As a result, I am more self-confident.”
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“Dana has extensive experience in communications and strategy development. She has been really useful as a mentor and advisor to teams, especially where there was a gap in leadership.”
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“I wouldn’t manage to be successful without Dana’s help during these times of extremely high pressure at work. I and my team achieved all our goals and this was acknowledged by our customers.”
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“I really appreciated how Dana managed to challenge me and lead me to discover new insights or how she would introduce a new technique or methodology to help me with that journey.”
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