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Holistic Purpose-Driven Leadership: Building Presence, People & Heart
From a bamboo house in rural Indonesia to the boardrooms of Asia, Dona Amelia’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Now an international keynote speaker, Harvard-trained leadership specialist, and co-founder of EGN Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, she brings a rare blend of performance, psychology, and purpose to the way she helps leaders grow.
In this episode, Dona joins Andy Goram to explore holistic purpose-driven leadership — a style that balances high performance with humanity. She shares how her early life shaped her belief in service, generosity, and resilience, and how those lessons now inform her work helping senior leaders stay authentic, grounded, and connected — even in high-pressure, high-stakes environments.
Dona also explains her own DONA Framework, which blends Purpose, Presence, People, and Performance, and the role of vulnerability in transforming leadership cultures from the inside out.
It’s an inspiring reminder that great leadership isn’t just about what you achieve — it’s about who you are while achieving it.
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Key Takeaways
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Key Moments
The key moments in this episode are:
0:01:10 – From Bamboo House to Boardroom: Meet Dona Amelia
0:03:37 – Early Lessons in Purpose, Resilience and Service
0:10:27 – What Childhood Taught Her About Giving and Gratitude
0:15:07 – The Entertainment Years: Learning Performance and Presence
0:22:30 – Pivoting from Stage to Leadership Coaching
0:34:29 – The D.O.N.A. Framework (Dreams, Opportunity, Never give up, Action).
0:37:31 – “4P+E” (Pray/centre, Prepare, Practice, Perform + Evaluate) & “action 200%”.
0:40:02 – What holistic leadership looks like in practice
0:46:09 – Balancing people care and KPIs: why performance follows wellbeing.
0:47:42 – Dona’s 3 Sticky Notes of Advice
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Join The Conversation
Find Andy Goram on LinkedIn here
Listen to the Podcast on YouTube here
Follow the Podcast on Instagram here
Follow the Podcast on Twitter here
Follow the Podcast on Facebook here
Check out the Bizjuicer website here
Get a free consultation with Andy here
Check out the Bizjuicer blog here
Download the podcast here
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Useful Links
Follow Dona Amelia on LinkedIn here
Follow Dona Amelia on Instagram here
Follow Dona Amelia on Facebook here here
Find the EGN website here
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Full Episode Transcript
Get the full transcript of the episode here
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By Andy Goram
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From a bamboo house in rural Indonesia to the boardrooms of Asia, Dona Amelia’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Now an international keynote speaker, Harvard-trained leadership specialist, and co-founder of EGN Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, she brings a rare blend of performance, psychology, and purpose to the way she helps leaders grow.
In this episode, Dona joins Andy Goram to explore holistic purpose-driven leadership — a style that balances high performance with humanity. She shares how her early life shaped her belief in service, generosity, and resilience, and how those lessons now inform her work helping senior leaders stay authentic, grounded, and connected — even in high-pressure, high-stakes environments.
Dona also explains her own DONA Framework, which blends Purpose, Presence, People, and Performance, and the role of vulnerability in transforming leadership cultures from the inside out.
It’s an inspiring reminder that great leadership isn’t just about what you achieve — it’s about who you are while achieving it.
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Key Takeaways
----more----
Key Moments
The key moments in this episode are:
0:01:10 – From Bamboo House to Boardroom: Meet Dona Amelia
0:03:37 – Early Lessons in Purpose, Resilience and Service
0:10:27 – What Childhood Taught Her About Giving and Gratitude
0:15:07 – The Entertainment Years: Learning Performance and Presence
0:22:30 – Pivoting from Stage to Leadership Coaching
0:34:29 – The D.O.N.A. Framework (Dreams, Opportunity, Never give up, Action).
0:37:31 – “4P+E” (Pray/centre, Prepare, Practice, Perform + Evaluate) & “action 200%”.
0:40:02 – What holistic leadership looks like in practice
0:46:09 – Balancing people care and KPIs: why performance follows wellbeing.
0:47:42 – Dona’s 3 Sticky Notes of Advice
----more----
Join The Conversation
Find Andy Goram on LinkedIn here
Listen to the Podcast on YouTube here
Follow the Podcast on Instagram here
Follow the Podcast on Twitter here
Follow the Podcast on Facebook here
Check out the Bizjuicer website here
Get a free consultation with Andy here
Check out the Bizjuicer blog here
Download the podcast here
----more----
Useful Links
Follow Dona Amelia on LinkedIn here
Follow Dona Amelia on Instagram here
Follow Dona Amelia on Facebook here here
Find the EGN website here
----more----
Full Episode Transcript
Get the full transcript of the episode here
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