PROGRAM OVERVIEW.
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The Roots Community is a grounded, identity-centered leadership space for women of color navigating complex systems, high-pressure roles, and the constant negotiation of power, presence, and wellbeing.
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This is where you reconnect to yourself, sharpen your strategy, and be in community with leaders who understand your lived experience, without performing, code-switching, or shrinking.
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This is not traditional professional development.
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This is a leadership restoration.
WHO THIS IS FOR.
EXECUTIVE COHORT
For VPs, Chiefs, Executive Directors, & Senior Leaders
Navigate organizational politics
Strengthen influence and executive presence
Lead through high-stakes decisions
Cohort Size: 7–9 participants
Only one participant per institution
LEADERSHIP COHORT
For Assistant/Associate VPs, Deans, & Emerging Senior Leaders
Build strategic confidence
Expand leadership voice
Grow into senior leadership roles
Cohort Size: 7–9 participants
Only one participant per institution
THE ROOTED LEADERSHIP ARC.
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Rooting, Grounding & Restoration
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Leadership Identity & Voice
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Power, Politics & Influence
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Strategic Alignment & Decision-Making
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Courageous Boundaries
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Sustainable Leadership Practices
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Integration, Visibility & Next Steps
WHAT’S INCLUDED.
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Seven 90-minute monthly sessions (live via Zoom)
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One 60-minute prep coaching session
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One 60-minute individual coaching session
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Monthly leadership tools + ROOT frameworks
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Optional monthly drop-in coaching
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Private community space
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Cross-sector community of women of color leaders
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One participant per institution (psychological safety)
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A restorative leadership experience designed for clarity and grounding
INVESTMENT
Individuals (Founding Cohort): $2,500
$1,000 deposit to reserve your seat
Payment plan available
Institutions (Founding Cohort): $2500 per participant
Invoicing available
W-9 + vendor form provided
Pricing reflects individualized coaching, a
curated small cohort, and identity-centered
leadership development.
ENROLLMENT TIMELINE
The founding cohort begins February 2026.
Enrollment closes January 26, 2026,
or once seats are filled.
To reserve your spot,
email: debra@dobetterexecutivecoaching.com
A $1,000 deposit is required to hold your seat.
FAQs
For women of color who have been looking for a leadership space like this:
a community where you can speak honestly about power, pressure, and decisions, without explanation, alongside peers who understand what you carry.
From that place, leaders gain perspective and make grounded decisions with trusted peers, not in isolation.
Created by Dr. Debra Y. Griffith, a woman-of-color executive and leadership strategist with decades of experience navigating and transforming complex systems.
The Root is the space she needed: a grounded community where women of color can lead, heal, and think clearly together.
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I created The Roots community as the leadership space I rarely saw for women of color, one where we can speak honestly about power, pressure, and decisions without explanation, and be in community with others who understand what we carry.
Dr. Debra Y. Griffith is an executive leader, strategist, and coach with deep experience leading and redesigning complex systems.