Meet Don Donahue

As a record label president during the Napster disruption, a talent manager shaping artists into brands, a startup founder navigating rapid change, and now a global executive producer for Fortune 500 events, Don has built a career guiding leaders through inflection points. Each chapter taught him the same truth: when creativity and clarity meet, growth follows.

Donahue Creates exists to translate that truth into results for executives, teams, and organizations.

• Creative Strategy that connects vision to execution, helping organizations harness imagination as a tool for innovation and market share.

• Live Events that go beyond logistics to create unforgettable experiences—moments that spark alignment, belonging, and growth.

• Culture Coaching that equips leaders to navigate complexity with confidence, resilience, and clarity.

Across industries, Don’s work has touched millions of people and influenced over $150M in revenue impact. But what drives him isn’t just scale—it’s seeing leaders unlock creativity as their most underutilized superpower.

At the crossroads of creativity and leadership, Don helps organizations turn vision into momentum, and momentum into measurable results.

But today’s workforce is driven by creativity, culture, and human connection; they expect more. That’s where we work.

At Donahue Creates, we help executives lead in three ways:

• Lead with creative intelligence. Through executive coaching, we wake leaders up to the new expectations shaping the workforce—so they can connect across generations, inspire alignment, and unlock fresh momentum.

• Produce meetings with content people actually remember. Not just logistics and slides, but experiences designed with story, strategy, and culture that move people to act.

• Follow through: Engaged and motivated teams are the ones who feel seen and heard. They perform better. The executive follow through is the key to a thriving culture

We design meetings that spark momentum, and coach leaders to carry it forward.