About Diane - Global Healthcare Performance Architect and System Strategist 


     Diane Gudmundson is a global healthcare performance architect who helps medical organizations solve their most expensive problems — staff turnover, low patient satisfaction, team friction, burnout, and financial strain.

     She blends deep  human connection with practical system strategy, giving healthcare leaders tools that improve retention, strengthen teamwork, and drive measurable performance outcomes.

     Diane is the creator of the Healthcare Performance & Profit System™, a unique, ROI-driven framework designed to help hospitals, clinics, and health teams build cultures where people want to stay, patients feel cared for, and leaders can finally breathe again.

     Her work is built on more than 25 years inside the healthcare system — from home care to emergency departments to rural hospitals and northern communities. She saw the cracks up close. She listened to the people who were hurting. And she learned one powerful truth:

     Healthcare doesn’t fall apart because people don’t care.
It falls apart because people don’t feel heard.

This insight shaped her mission.

     Diane’s career evolved from frontline care to advanced practice and now into system-level strategy. She is completing her MBA through the Jack Welch Management Institute, where her capstone project focuses on improving healthcare leadership and team performance — research she is now building into a high-impact system for organizational transformation.

     Her grassroots work has already helped communities rebuild trust, create safer care, and improve team dynamics from the ground up. Now, she brings that same strategic clarity to larger organizations ready for real, measurable change.

     Her philosophy is simple:
Strong human connection drives strong performance.
Strong performance drives strong financial outcomes.

     Today, Diane consults with healthcare leaders, delivers high-impact keynotes, and licenses her Healthcare Performance & Profit System™ to organizations across North America that want long-term, practical solutions — not more theory, not more policies, not more Band-Aids.

     At her core, Diane is still a listener first — a grounded Manitoba woman who believes that leadership is built through connection, trust, and courage, not titles. Her roots shape her. Her insight elevates leaders. And her mission is to transform healthcare systems, one conversation and one team at a time.

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE
Topic:  People Deserve to be Heard

DescriptIon:

How Listening Becomes Your Greatest Leadership Superpower**

Description:
This keynote explores the leadership truth most organizations overlook: people aren’t difficult… they’re unheard. Diane shows how genuine listening melts resistance, builds trust, and unlocks the momentum teams need to thrive. Through story, lived experience, and her LISTEN™ Framework, she helps leaders rediscover the simple, human skills that create connection, collaboration, and real change.

Audience Takeaways:
• Why people resist leadership — and what they actually need
• How presence builds trust faster than pressure
• How listening melts resistance and opens the door to collaboration
• The LISTEN™ steps every leader can use today
• A practical one-minute reset to become a more effective, grounded leader
• One powerful question that immediately strengthens connection

Perfect for healthcare leaders, executives, educators, Indigenous communities, and high-performing teams.

Additional KEYNOTE TOPICS

The TRUTH™ of Leadership
Five shifts that turn exhaustion into influence, and conflict into connection.

Listen to Lead
The grassroots leadership approach that builds trust, strengthens teams, and transforms systems.

Transforming Teams Through Trauma-Informed Leadership
How to create psychological safety, connection, and truth-telling in high-pressure environments.

WORKSHOPS

1.  The LISTEN™ Leadership Workshop (Half-Day or Full-Day)
A hands-on, practical training that teaches leaders how to use the LISTEN™ Framework to build trust, strengthen teams, and create momentum. Participants learn real tools they can use immediately to transform communication and connection.

2.  TRUTH™ Leadership Intensive
A transformational workshop based on Diane’s TRUTH™ Leadership Framework (Transform from Within, Rooted in Vision, Unshakeable Integrity, Team Empowerment, Heart-Led Action). Designed for leaders who want deeper identity-level leadership work.

3.  Awaken–Listen–Align™ Team Reset
A restorative, powerful workshop for teams dealing with burnout, conflict, or disconnection. Helps groups reset, reconnect, and realign around shared values.
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Book Coming in 2026

Leadership isn’t just a role. It’s a reflection of your life.
Most leaders try to guide others with skills and strategies alone. But real influence comes from somewhere deeper — from the story you carry, the beliefs you’ve built, and the truth you’ve learned through pain, pressure, and growth.

Rooted to Rise is a guide for leaders who want more than checklists and quick fixes. It is for the ones who feel called to lead with meaning — even when the world around them feels heavy, broken, or stuck.

Drawing from her journey as a nurse, an executive, a healer, and a transformational coach, Diane Gudmundson shows you why the hardest parts of your past can become your greatest source of strength. Through her AWAKEN–LISTEN–ALIGN™ framework, she helps you see how your personal healing becomes the foundation for powerful, heart-led leadership.

Inside, you will learn:
• why burnout, doubt, and people-pleasing are often symptoms of old stories
• how to listen to yourself in a new way, so you can lead with calm and clarity
• how your past experiences quietly shape how you communicate and connect
• how to rise into the leader you were always meant to be — without pushing harder or doing more

This book will help you reconnect with who you are, reclaim your voice, and rise into a form of leadership that feels strong, steady, and deeply human.

If you’ve ever sensed you were meant for more, this book will show you how to step into it — rooted, clear, and ready to rise.

PODCAST

🎙️ Podcast #1: Make Healthcare Great Again

✨ For visionary healthcare leaders who are tired of bureaucracy and ready to lead real transformation from the ground up.

🔍 Podcast Description:

Make Healthcare Great Again is the rebel-spirited podcast for healthcare leaders, clinic owners, and changemakers who know the system is broken—and believe that grassroots leadership is the way forward.

Hosted by transformational coach and former Nurse Practitioner Diane Gudmundson, this podcast dives into how connection, listening, and inner leadership can radically change healthcare—starting with one leader and one team at a time.

Expect honest stories, bold insights, and practical frameworks from the front lines of community transformation. No fluff. No politics. Just real talk about leading healthcare into a better future.

If you’re here to challenge the status quo and build something that actually works, you’re in the right place.

🎯 Perfect for: Clinic leaders, executives, healthcare professionals, and grassroots organizers

🎙️ Podcast #2: Survival to Success

✨ For high achievers who look successful on the outside but feel stuck, exhausted, or invisible on the inside.

🔍 Podcast Description:

Survival to Success is your audio sanctuary for healing, identity transformation, and rewriting the high-achiever story.

Hosted by transformational coach Diane Gudmundson, this podcast is for women and leaders who’ve spent years “doing it all”—and are finally ready to stop performing and start becoming.

Through grounded conversations, subconscious reprogramming tools, and vulnerable truth-telling, Diane guides you to shift from hustle to alignment, burnout to peace, and survival to success.

This is leadership redefined—from the inside out.

🎯 Perfect for: Women, healthcare leaders, coaches, and overachievers with trauma in their past


🎙️ Two sides of the same revolution...
Listen to Make Healthcare Great Again for leadership transformation, and Survival to Success for personal transformation.

Because you can’t change the system if you’re running on empty.

Lead with Clarity

Real transformation begins when you know who you are, what you stand for, and where you're going.
We’ll uncover the deeper truths about your identity and vision—so you can lead yourself and others with unshakable direction.

Break Old Patterns (Reveal Your Blind Spots)

You can’t shift what you can’t see.
Through transformational coaching and hypnotherapy, I’ll help you spot the beliefs, habits, and survival responses keeping you stuck—and rewrite them from the inside out.

Lead from the Inside-Out 

Leadership isn't performance—it’s alignment.
When you reconnect with your truth and self-worth, you lead with calm, confidence, and purpose… not exhaustion or pressure.

Create Meaningful Success

This isn’t about hustling harder.
It’s about leading with energy, clarity, and authenticity—so you can build lasting success in your life, your leadership, and your legacy.

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Ingrid Kleinbauer, Austria

MY FEAR IS GONE!   "Diane has the ability to listen with an open heart and picking up on the important words and phrases to then ask her knife-sharp questions that lead directly to the core issue. Her hypnosis is powerful and empowering. It help me GO FROM FEELING STUCK and in FEAR to immediately shifting my attention to confidence and self trust. Thank you! 

Michelle Falkenstein
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
 Saskatchewan, Canada

"I just completed the 8-week Health RESET CHALLENGE with Diane and it really works! I feel stronger and healthier than ever before, and the best part is, I have no more knee pain! I never thought this would be possible, especially after trying everything in the past from cortisone shots to physio, ice, knee drained, Durolane shots, and anti-inflammatory meds with no success. I even consulted with my orthopaedic surgeon about knee replacement surgery, but decided to try Diane's 8-week health challenge before going that route. By avoiding pro-inflammatory foods and sticking to an anti-inflammatory diet, I was able to significantly reduce inflammation in my body, especially in my left knee. I no longer need knee replacement surgery or PRP injections, and I am thrilled to have my active, pain-free life back after three years.  Another bonus was that I lost 18 pounds during the 8 weeks too!   I am committed to maintaining this healthy feeling and will continue to do what it takes to live a fabulous, healthy life!" 😊

Margie, Holland
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
 Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

  TRANSFORMED!   I am thrilled to share my transformative experience during the 8 Week Health Challenge led by Diane Gudmundson. Diane's compassionate and effective approach provided the inspiration and guidance I needed to take control of my health and wellbeing.  With Diane's help, I was able to overcome my lack of motivation and kick my junk food addiction (mostly). Her informative explanations and hypnosis tapes kept me focused and motivated throughout the program. While I am still working on improving my water intake, I'm confident that I'll get there.  I highly recommend the 8 Week Health Challenge to anyone looking to make positive changes in their life. Diane's program provides the support and tools needed to turn things around and become the best version of yourself. Thank you, Diane, for your amazing work and for helping me achieve my health goals.                                                                                                 Sincerely,    Margie Holland

Maxine Henry
Alberta, Canada

 GRATEFUL!   I am so grateful for the incredible experience I had during the 8 Week Health Reset Challenge with Diane. Even though I was already familiar with most of the information and had been living a chemical-free, toxin-free, and regular exercise lifestyle for over 20 years, it was amazing to connect with like-minded individuals and have Diane explain the reasoning behind it all so thoroughly.   While I couldn't participate in the exercise portion due to a previous knee injury, it was inspiring to see others following along and working towards their own health goals. Knowing that I was not alone on this journey was truly uplifting.    I feel great and plan to continue on this healthy path. And I have to say, trying hypnosis for the first time was an interesting and unexpected bonus!
     Thank you so much, Diane Gudmundson, for creating such a fun, educational, and health-inducing program. It was truly a wonderful eight-week ride that I will always cherish.

Nicholas Fitterer
 B.C., Canada

NOW CONFIDENT!     I was feeling discouraged after using my self-created academic resume to apply for several positions with no success. That's when I decided to work with Diane, and I am beyond impressed with the results!
Diane's expertise and talent truly shine through in the resume and cover letter she created for me. When I shared it with c-level colleagues hiring for similar positions, they were blown away by the quality of the work. In fact, they urged me to hit "send" right away!
     I am confident that Diane's exceptional work will help you secure the interview of your dreams. From creating resumes and cover letters to providing interview prep, Diane is the real deal. Her work is worth every penny, and I highly recommend her services to anyone needing career guidance and support. I look forward to continuing to work with Diane in the future.