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Dawn Zell Wright
Strategy and Growth

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Former CHRO helping leaders spot culture risks before they harm performance

Keynote speaker, workshop leader, and subject-matter expert · Author of Canary in the Coal Mine

Strategy and GrowthLeadership and CultureOperations and Execution
+2 moreCommunication and NegotiationGovernance and Risk

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The Canary in the Coal Mine: Recognizing Early Warning Signs

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For CEOs and senior executives, executive peer groups, general corporate audiences, and boards and nonprofit leaders.

Drawing on her experience as a former CHRO, attorney, healthcare executive, and author, Dawn shows how everyday decisions about fairness, communication, accountability, and workload reveal organizational health. Through executive stories and guided audience reflection, she helps leaders turn those signals into practical actions that strengthen culture, retention, and operating performance.

  • Recognize culture and workforce warning signs before they become performance problems.
  • Connect employee experience signals to retention, leadership, and operational outcomes.
  • Use practical questions to uncover root causes and choose timely leadership responses.
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About Dawn

I’m Dawn Zell Wright, JD, MBA, FACHE, SPHR—an attorney, healthcare executive, educator, author, and President of Canary Human Capital Partners. In leadership roles at UTMB, LCMC Health, CHRISTUS Health, and UPMC, I’ve worked at the intersection of people, culture, operations, and organizational performance. I help leaders treat culture as an operating signal, recognize workforce warning signs early, and make people decisions that strengthen trust, retention, leadership, and results. I’m an ACHE faculty member and the author of Canary in the Coal Mine.

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Cover of Canary in the Coal Mine
Canary in the Coal Mine
Published 2026. Author. Paperback, hardcover, and ebook.
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Books, Consulting or advisory

Canary in the Coal Mine — an executive guide to spotting culture and workforce warning signs. Canary Human Capital Partners provides leadership and human capital advisory on culture, employee experience, and organizational performance.

Learn more at canaryhcp.com (opens in a new tab)

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