Services
"Process is about details; details shape experience; and experience is what we remember."
–Demetrius Thornton
Keynote Speaker/Writer
Making an Impact & Helping Others
Providing frameworks for success in business and life are the hallmarks of my conversations with leaders and audiences alike. The responsibility to make an impact and help others is my daily mission.
Regardless of the stage, I enjoy learning about others as well as sharing my own perspectives. The most important question I ask myself is, “what is the impact I hope to have with this audience?”
I leverage my broad range of personal and professional experiences to provide tools and strategies to help others navigate for success.
Every Individual's Journey Matters
My focus is not merely on how society identifies success, but helping others identify the intangibles needed to cultivate personal success which leads to more fulfilling outcomes.
Conversations that Matter
I am passionate about sharing tips, strategies, and tools gained through lessons learned in the board room and life.
Some of those topics include:
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Living on Purpose and Identifying Your Personal North Star
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How to Turn the Corner for Greater Personal and Professional Success
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The EQ Game: Managing Perceptions through Self Awareness
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Leadership Code: The New Mandate for Leaders of Diverse Teams
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Diversity & Inclusion Strategies that Work
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Courage Under Fire: Identifying and Using Your Authentic Voice
Executive Coach
"We are always discovering new things about ourselves and learning how to harness and flex our gifts."
–Demetrius Thornton
Live Authentically
For me, coaching is more than a professional response to improve performance, it is a practice requiring both strong IQ and EQ. By tapping into our strengths and leveraging them for success, we can avoid living inauthentically. What is your authentic definition of success?
Always Working for the Right Reasons
In 2018, I designed and led a free, four-part professional and personal leadership development series to arm New York City professionals with practical tools needed to successfully transition within their careers. The series, which was was built on years of academic study and coaching experience, is the foundation of our coaching practice – to provide practical tools and embolden radical self-awareness to help professionals navigate change.
My Certified Lane Runner Coaching Process
Many people struggle to identify their unique lanes for career success. Within the Certified Lane Runner Coaching Process, I developed a tailor-made approach for clients to help them build capacity, reimagine personal stories for success, and cultivate more autonomy for sustainable professional and personal growth.
“Organizations are moving away from traditional command-and-control practices to a more supportive and guidance centered model.”
Diversity Practitioner & Strategy Consultant
Fact:
Research shows that less than half of all professionals think their companies have effective Diversity & Inclusion efforts.
[Being Black in Corporate America: An Intersectional Exploration by the Center for Talent Innovation]
This must change.
Organizations need competent solutions, real accountability, and systemic change to create equity within the workplace.
We must go beyond focus groups and diversity trainings.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is a global community issue, and all of us should be invested in creating sustainable change for a more equitable society. Organizations should lead by embracing the business case for diversity while not losing sight of our moral responsibility to create a work culture that fosters inclusivity and belonging.
How We Lead Change
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Experience: 10+ years leading culturally competent, multi-faceted D&I solutions in the public and private sector.
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Data Driven Approach: Identifying and telling the story through data. We tailor the message around insights to deliver a product to support change.
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Interpreter: When DEI efforts require courage, a translator who communicates effectively to move your strategy forward.
Research shows diversity is good for companies.
Organizations with above-average gender diversity and levels of employee engagement outperform companies with below-average diversity and engagement by 46% to 58%.
[12 Diversity Statistics That Will Make You Rethink Your Hiring Decisions]
How Do We Achieve This?
DIVERSITY STRATEGY
Helping organizations develop tailored diversity strategies that support an equitable culture of inclusion and belonging.
CAREER TRANSITIONS
Change is inevitable. We partner with leaders to manage career transitions that drive collective success for the professional and the organization.
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Ready to build a more socially conscious and diverse business?
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Advocate for organizations and diverse professionals as we partner together to solve issues around imposter syndrome, executive presence, bias, and other misconceptions that hinder untapped leaders from flourishing.
TALENT MANAGEMENT
Activate organizations to move beyond just hiring diverse talent but developing career platforms that help them transition and advance within the organization.