About
Uplifting Impact

Bridging Leadership that transforms teams through connection and helps leaders navigate complex challenges. Our purpose is to build bridges where everyone thrives.

Uplifting Impact provides research-backed, action-oriented solutions for organizations seeking to create workplaces where people genuinely connect and perform at their best. Our practical frameworks transform how teams collaborate across differences, turning workplace challenges into opportunities for innovation. With a personalized approach rooted in our values of Joy, Love, Collaboration, and Growth, we offer communication training, executive coaching, and human-centered professional development.

We equip leaders with essential bridging capabilities—awareness, empathy, adaptability, and collaboration—that enable organizations to maintain focus and productivity even during uncertain times. By partnering with companies to strengthen these uniquely human skills, we help create environments where people feel secure enough to contribute their best work, driving measurable improvements in performance, engagement, and retention.

What makes us different from other consulting firms?

Uplifting Impact equips organizations with the tools required to create high-performing, connected workplaces. We are…

Results-Driven — Creating research-backed solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes and tangible ROI.

Leadership-Focused — We provide executive-level coaching and professional development through our comprehensive programs, strategic workshops, and annual summits, delivering top-tier 1:1 and team support.

Experience-Based — Our founders' combined academic credentials and real-world business expertise inform our practical, achievable approach.

We believe in UPLIFTING IMPACT!

Meet Deanna Singh

Deanna Singh is a consultant, strategist, and acclaimed leader. Her work centers on transforming organizations through innovative practices that drive results. She is the Founder and Chief Change Agent of five social ventures all united in their mission to build bridges. A highly sought-after international speaker with dynamic presence, Deanna is also an award-winning author of six books including Actions Speak Louder and Purposeful Hustle, empowering leaders to transform bold vision into meaningful impact.

Meet Justin Ponder

Justin Ponder is a consultant, facilitator, and Chief Learning Office with Uplifting Impact. His work concentrates on helping people develop the microbehaviors that connect across differences and achieve success. From conversational formats, structures, prompts, and practices, he learns with others how we can overcome assumptions, groupthink, and fear to improve our teams, relationships, and world.