Status Quo Challenger

A compassionate disruptor, fueled by a conviction to challenge the norm.

Ex-Apple, Starbucks, Pandora, Etsy, turned coach and consultant.

Coach, Consultant, Advisor

I’m not for everyone. I’m for the bold who desire change. The believers in good intention, and the strivers for greater impact.

The ones daring enough to not do what has always been done.

With almost 30 years of professional experience designing people programs and leadership development for the world’s most iconic brands, I understand what works, and what doesn’t.

And, I think it’s time to rip up the playbook and start a new one.

My approach is grounded in the belief that the role of consultant/advisor transcends mere repetition of what's been done; instead, it's about pioneering innovative and impactful paths. This philosophy guides my professional ethos, driving me to lead and inspire in ways that foster meaningful change and progress.

This is Dacia.

Coaching

Coaching is my calling—where my passion and purpose intersect. Drawing on my research in neuroscience, behavioral health, mindfulness, and hard-won experience, I'll help you navigate past the pitfalls and accelerate your path to professional brilliance.

Earning a certificate in 'been there, done that', I’m compassionately direct. I’ll hold you accountable and keep you focused. And when challenges strike, I'm your unwavering supporter, ready to help you rise and reclaim your strength.

Let's clear the clutter on your road to success, leaving more room for you to thrive.

Consulting

I've spent over two decades developing fit for purpose teams, programs, and processes that help people be better, bolder, and more bad-ass.

I’ve had a front row seat as a People/HR leader inside of iconic brands, consulting agencies, and start-ups. I’ve seen what works, and how things can go off-the-rails.

In all my work, I find the balance between compassion and straight-talk, directing and collaborating.

I believe it’s time to let go of the old ways of working and embrace what the future can bring.

Coaching Options

  • Sessions dedicated to your individual needs. Meeting you where you are, in the moment you're in, to help you get unstuck and back to being your badass self.

    Leveraging decades of experience to help you avoid the pitfalls, wasted time, and energy - and get you back on track to rock it in your career!

  • Say good-bye to workshops, and leadership series, and HELLO! to community learning. Group coaching is a path to building better leaders and teams. Activating a culture of learning, knowledge sharing, and collaborative problem solving, we’ll bring the “power in numbers” to life.

    Intact teams, cohorts of managers, or cross-functional leaders coming together to work through organizational change, shifting ways of working, new collaborations, or anytime a collective of people struggle to be their best together.

Areas of Expertise

  • No one wants to be a bad leader, and yet companies everywhere have them. Galvanized leadership; where leaders at all levels share the same vision for leading and are held accountable to their people, is what is needed.

    • Leadership architecture

    • Organizational design

    • Leadership values

    • Competency alignment

    • Leadership development

  • The programs and systems for performance management are remnants of the industrial revolution, and were not only terrible back then, but now they are reckless ways of doing and believing.

    • Performance reviews

    • Goal practices

    • Psychological safety in feedback

    • Building parallel career paths for non-management and management

    • Succession planning

  • Writing is the one thing I've been doing my entire life. It’s how I make sense of the world. I've been finding the sweet spot between content, delivery, and timing for two decades. From writing content to designing writing classes, I aspire to make words sing and rid the world of TL:DR drivel.

    • Employee communications

    • Internal program launched

    • Content strategy

    • Internal marketing + email campaigns

    • Contributing writer

    • Audio scripts

  • It’s hard to see a new way forward from the inside; harder to separate the people from the organizational needs. I bring perspective; fresh, innovative, radical to help you path the way to your goals.

    • Needs discovery

    • Workforce assessment

    • Skill alignment

    • Planning and execution collaboration

    • Career path design