
Consulting Approach
We work to ensure teams and organizations are healthy and people-centered.
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A culture built around supporting the well-being of its people and their ability to show up as their whole self fortifies the group’s capacity for innovation, creativity and making meaningful impact. When a culture is rooted in shared values with a deep sense of purpose that people find meaningful, it serves as a powerful framework for success and a filter for making decisions at all levels.
People-centered cultures are founded on the ideas of:
All people within a collective/team/organization matter.
People shape the organizational culture.
All people benefit when they are seen, heard, appreciated and respected.
Joyful people working together perform at higher and sustainable levels.
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We offer a range of approaches that honor the diverse and complex nature of the humans present in the work.
Process First: Valuing people & relationships above product, asking why before answering how and building context-specific and relational approaches.
Authentic Inquiry: Using the power of questions to clarify value, purpose and intent.
Meaning Making: Engaging active listening to distill and synthesize complex ideas and challenges into iterative practices.
Reflective Space: Holding safe and empathetic spaces to reflect on conflict and vulnerabilities, facilitate curiosity and invite the discovery of new possibilities.
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We offer services that are designed in partnership with the client to effectively create the conditions for human flourishing. The duration of services can vary based on the identified needs, including:
Short and limited number of sessions to support clarification and refinement
Project-long duration to support a specific change initiative
Long-term partnership to support skill-building and accountability on culture-aligned goals
“Dafina is an incredible soul to partner with—she’s an expansive thinker, generous in spirit, innovative and iterative in approach, with a tireless commitment to social justice. An accomplished advisor, facilitator, organizer, and convener, she gently challenges, provokes in all the right ways and brings joy to every process.”
— Amy Thomas, Chief Operating Officer, Penumbra Theatre Company