you can achieve more with your DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION efforts.
do DEI work in a way that saves time, money and resources without sacrificing impact.
We’re Different, and we help organizations transform their workplace cultures.
Together with our partners, we cultivate inclusive, innovative workplaces that enable greater team-wide resilience and responsiveness to challenges, change, conflict and uncertainty. Applying a diversity, equity and inclusion lens to everything we do makes this possible.
we’RE A NEW KIND OF DEI CONSULTING FIRM THAT HELPS you unlock the untapped potential of your people.
Imagine a workplace that consistently attracts and retains the top talent in your industry.
Where employees from all backgrounds are engaged and empowered to perform at their best. Where emotionally intelligent leaders are trusted and equipped to lead with confidence in the face of continuous change and uncertainty.
This vision can feel far-fetched depending on what your culture looks like today, but you’ve never had a partner like us.
We help organizations…
✔️ uncover obstacles that hinder progress and identify areas of opportunity for future success.
✔️ generate greater alignment by bringing clarity to an organization’s vision and goals, grounding them in cohesive strategies and structured governance.
✔️ increase resilience and responsiveness with confidence, ensuring seamless adaptation of new ways of working.
✔️ develop dynamic, inclusive leaders who are prepared for challenges of today and tomorrow.
✔️ shift team mindsets and behaviors to cultivate a culture of continuous growth, collaboration and innovation.
We’re not for everyone.
There are a lot of diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firms out there, so we think it’s important to clarify what we do (and what we don’t do).
We don’t help organizations…
❌ develop band-aid solutions in reaction to public missteps or bad press.
❌ enact performative measures that will create more harm for their employees and stakeholders.
❌ implement one-off initiatives that don’t connect back to a more cohesive strategy aimed at achieving sustainable results.
WE’VE transformed TEAMS JUST LIKE YOURS.
“If you need guidance, expertise and empathetic leadership, look no farther than Alex Suggs. Alex is a truth teller, and that truth comes from years of expertise, and the knowledge and authority that can only be gained through committing their career to painstakingly creating genuinely diverse and inclusive organizations. Alex is the perfect blend of heart and mind. They were an incredible resource and partner to me in some of the most important work I will ever do: ensuring that our organization is inclusive, equitable and a welcoming, psychologically safe place for our diverse team. They guided when it was necessary. Pushed back when it was needed. And most of all gave freely of themselves and their knowledge to not just ‘do the work,’ but to educate and create systems for change that would last long beyond the project scope.”
— Sarah Engel, President at January Digital
“Milka developed a Learning & Development Strategy that we will use as we develop this new area in the organization. Her approach was strategic and well thought out. It included the preparation of a project plan for the work, conducting stakeholder interviews and performing a qualitative analysis of the information which provided the framework for the Learning & Development strategy. In addition, Milka also developed a Change Management Strategy to support the rollout and implementation of this work. I highly recommend Milka for work in your organization that may be related to Learning & Development, HR Strategy, Change Management or other Talent Management Initiatives.
— Loretta Pardo, Global Head of Human Resources at Alcora Corporation
Our team has helped leading organizations transform their workplaces.
ARE YOUR LEADERS STRUGGLING TO KNOW HOW TO RESPOND IN TIMES OF CRISIS?
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