Darla Bonk is a compassionate and experienced business consultant dedicated to helping Founders and Executives fall in love with their business again.
With more than 20 years of executive experience in corporate sales, operations, process implementation, planning, budgeting, and leadership development, Darla has worked with small business owners to CEOs, Founders, and Boards of major corporations.
From cutting her teeth in Corporate America has a young executive in her 20s at a Fortune 200 company starting a new organization from scratch to realizing over $50M in ARR to bringing companies to new markets, to starting a company from the ground up with her husband that became a 7-figure business within its first five years.
Over the years, Darla has cultivated her expertise and created proven proprietary methodologies and strategies for success that have transformed businesses and helped C-Suite Executives thrive.
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Her business consulting firm is changing the way businesses operate and how leaders lead, proving investing in human capital will always yield the biggest ROI.
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“Love people and you serve them well. In that you’ll find the heart of a leader.”
ABOUT DARLA
Born a pastor’s daughter with a passion for people and song, Darla grew up in the subtropical natural wonderland of Fort Myers, Florida.
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On a vocal scholarship for an a cappella group, Darla attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she earned a B.A. in Communication with a minor in History and Bible, and eventually her path led back home to sunny Southwest Florida.
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Her professional experience spans from roles in Executive Sales Leadership with national Fortune 200 companies to Executive Director of the American Cancer Society (Lee County, FL), with many different stops along the way, before and in between. (Keep reading to learn more!)
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For decades, Darla has been honing her skills, cultivating her expertise, and gathering insights from her work across a variety of industries and with individuals from all walks of life, always guided by her faith and the precious guidance of her many treasured mentors.
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Darla is the founder and host of the podcast, "On Your Way."
Darla currently serves on the Fort Myers City Council as representative for Ward 6, and in 2023 she was named as a finalist for the Women in Business Apex awards.
She is a member of the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, and is an Elite Member of KNOW Women Global, which connects and celebrates women entrepreneurs actively engaged with their communities, as well as an inaugural member of KNOW Fort Myers.
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Currently, Darla and her husband reside in Fort Myers, where they run their own Southwest Florida-based company, Architectural Metal Flashings, and are actively involved with their community and church, volunteering with and supporting many different local organizations and non-profits, and participating in mission work all over the world.
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Darla and her husband have four children in their twenties (and three fur babies still living at home), and when they’re not spending time with their big family, the two of them love to travel and explore the world together – whether it’s a faraway getaway or a quick road trip in their RV!
ABOUT DARLA BONK CONSULTING
Darla founded Darla Bonk Consulting in 2023, a natural next step after a life-long dedication to helping others and more than two decades in the professional world.
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Darla’s insight, objective wisdom, and expertise in business management has helped individuals and teams – ranging from entrepreneurs and small businesses to massive national Fortune 200 companies – to resolve issues, improve company culture and infrastructure, stimulate smart and sustainable growth, and cultivate continued success.
She consults and coaches with an analytical mindset, and believes in fostering collaboration, establishing trust along the way, and assisting leadership to engage and empower their teams – and themselves!
Darla’s proven methodology – dream, strategize, implement, and soar – is positively contagious, and will help lead you to the successful outcomes you hope to achieve.
Darla’s expertise & specialties include –
• Analysis & Assessment
• CRM Management (Salesforce)
• Customer Retention & Loyalty Programs
• Customer Service & Service Operations
• Data Analytics
• Employee Coaching & Development
• Executive Coaching & Development
• Growth & Scaling
• Hiring & Recruitment
• Increasing Profits
• New Business Development
• New Product Development
• Process Improvement
• Sales & Marketing
• Strategic Account & Business Line Growth
• Streamlining Efficiency & Costs
• Succession Planning
• Team Coaching & Development
