TRUSTED BY
PAST CLIENTS.
PERSONALIZED COACHING
HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
Stepping Into the Seat
For directors, deans, associate vice presidents, vice presidents, and C-suite leaders stepping into new roles including roles that are newly created and still being defined.
Many leadership roles come without a roadmap. For women of color leaders, that often means navigating both the responsibilities of the role and the expectations no one writes down.
Executive coaching helps you step fully into the seat, clarifying priorities, building authority, and leading with intention, clarity, and confidence.
Navigating Workplace Harm
For women of color leaders facing racism, sexism, microaggressions, or retaliation. Too often you're left questioning yourself or carrying the burden alone
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Executive coaching creates space to name what’s happening, protect your well-being, and determine the strategy for your next move.
Leading Equity Work
For senior leaders responsible for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion across institutions. The work is complex, politically charged, and often misunderstood.
Coaching helps you clarify strategy, navigate resistance, and lead equity efforts with credibility and impact.
The Art of Leading People
For leaders responsible for guiding teams, navigating conflict, and building strong organizational cultures.
Leadership is not just about vision, it's about relationships, accountability, and alignment. Executive coaching helps you lead people with clarity, intention, and confidence.
Leading Your Next Chapter
For leaders who know something in their current role no longer fits.
Sometimes the work is navigating the system you're in. Other times it’s recognizing when it’s time to step into something new.
Executive coaching helps you assess your options, clarify what you want next, and move forward with intention and strategy.
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.
My coaching approach is grounded in real leadership experience. I’ve spent my career in higher education and 6-12 systems, navigating complex institutions, leading teams, and advancing equity work.
In our work together, we focus on what is actually happening in your leadership right now — the decisions, relationships, and systems you’re navigating. Coaching becomes a space to think strategically, get clear about your next move, and lead with intention.
WHY I LOVE WORKING WITH LEADERS?
Many of the leaders I work with are women of color navigating complex institutions. They carry a lot of fesponsibility, expectations, and often the weight of being one of very few in the room.
I love this work because it creates space for honest conversation, strategic thinking, and reflection. Space to step back from the noise, get clear about what matters, and lead with intention.
My coaching is grounded in lived leadership experience and the realities of leading inside systems that weren’t always designed with us in mind.
Working with Debra has been pivotal for my professional development. She helps shape your leadership passion into actionable plans. Her insights address daily challenges and inspire aspirational growth. I highly recommend connecting with her.
Cecily N. - MI
Debra is a professional, organized, and strategic leader. She brings calm and optimism to the emotionally charged DE&I Action Plans. Debra keeps our team accountable and engaged, guiding us to create a plan that will make our museum more inclusive.
Amy D. - CA
Dr. Griffith is an exceptional coach who helped me uncover my leadership skills and shape my experiences into a strong leadership statement and resume. Her unique methods focus on my overall value to an organization, not just a list of skills. I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with Debra!
Megan S. - CA
CLIENT REFLECTIONS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SPACE IS CREATED FOR WOMEN OF COLOR LEADERS?
My clients come to coaching with strength and vision already within them. Through our partnership, they’ve stepped into executive roles, built strategies that move their organizations forward, and led equity work that creates real impact. More than titles or plans, what they gain is a trusted space to tap into their own power and shape their leadership in ways that feel true to them.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR LEADERSHIP JOURNEY.
Schedule a Complimentary 20-Minute Virtual Discovery Call with Me.
I’d love to hear more about where you are in your leadership journey and where you want to go next. This call is a chance for us to connect, talk through your goals, and see how Do Better Executive Coaching can support you with strategy, clarity, and confidence.