The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”
The very nature of the coaching process can unlock untapped creativity, innovation, productivity, and leadership. A coaching culture is one that encourages mutual respect, success, and growth.
So, how can you, as leaders within your organizations, use coaching to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace?
Join me, along with Tai Dixon Darden, CEO of Liberatory Leadership, for this live session as we discuss the value of creating a coaching culture within your organization.
About Your Facilitators
Lekisha is the Founder of The Good Success Network. She leverages her passion for empowering and developing people and her expertise in management consulting, technology, and coaching to provide her clients with the tools and strategies necessary to achieve success in their respective organizations and in life.
Lekisha has partnered with a diverse group of clients at various organizations including but not limited to: Accenture, Cisco, Deloitte, Google, Carnegie Mellon University, Skillcrush, The Project Management Institute, The George Washington University, Girls Who Code, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, DC Public Schools and Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Lekisha is particularly passionate about empowering historically underrepresented groups with the leadership and computational thinking skills necessary to have a successful career or thriving business in the current and future workforce.
Tai Dixon Darden’s work focuses on the areas of executive coaching, diversity, equity, and inclusion, talent management strategy. Tai brings over 18 years of experience to this work centered on leading in a variety of sectors.
Most recently, Tai was the Chief Talent and Equity Officer at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School Network. Prior to joining E.L. Haynes, Tai was National Director of State Offices and Field Operations for the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF). In this capacity she led an 80+ person team and directly managed CDF’s state office Executive Directors and national program leads and community organizing staff.
Tai has dedicated her career to advocacy, social justice and developing others to become ever stronger leaders and agents of change. She’s held prior roles leading fundraising for Teach For America- Baltimore and leading National Talent Acquisition for Teach For America. She’s also practiced law as a civil litigator at Goodell DeVries, LLP, and she taught 7th and 8th Grade English and ESL in Houston Texas.
For the past 14 years, Ms. Dixon has worked as the Moot Court Coach and now adjunct Professor at her alma mater, Howard University School of Law. In addition to her Juris Doctorate from the Howard University School of Law, Tai holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Spelman College and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of St. Thomas. She is a certified coach through the Center for Coaching Certification and holds a Certificate in Strategic Human Resources Leadership from Cornell University.