I am a collaborative, justice-seeking innovator who coaches leaders, organizations, and faith communities. With over 15 years experience organizing and developing programs to dismantle oppression, I work to create a culture of radical welcome while addressing the root causes of harm. My expertise is facilitating organizational change and creating new programs and initiatives that institutionalize change.
Are you someone who holds a vision for a more just and loving world? Do you seek deeper relationships and transformation for your community, organization or movement? Let me work with you and we can map a path together.
Coaching is a tool for leaders and change makers of all issue areas and levels of experience. I'm here to be a partner, a collaborator and an organizer to help you make the changes you and your team want.
You should reach out to me if you are…
an Executive Director trying to initiate change within your organization
a Faith Leader with hopes and dreams to share
an Individual who wishes to better align your values, vision and workload
a Leader creating a new organization, program, or initiative
a Community member wanting to heal from white supremacy culture
an Agent of Change seeking an accountability partner
As your coach, I commit to Creating With You. I will start with getting grounded in your vision and values. We will name the problem, identify desired outcomes, and develop an action plan. The process will include one-on-one meetings with you and possibly impacted community members and others on your team.
I offer individual coaching sessions and group facilitation.
Results you can expect, include:
Better alignment of your values with work, decisions, and daily routines
Increased opportunities for people to relate to one another and collaborate
New programs, practices and structures designed to support change
To get started:
Contact me and we’ll set-up an initial, free consultation to discuss how we could work together.
We can meet over the phone or zoom.
I am located in DC, but you don't have to be.
Kyla Dixon, MSW
(401) 527-1280
KylaTowardJustice@gmail.com
Washington, DC based
Are you looking for a partner to help craft a simplified, participatory, actionable and affordable strategic plan? You’ve in the right place!
Our strategic planning process is designed with you in mind.
We’ve participated in all sorts of strategic planning exercises throughout our careers. Some were great and others left a lot to be desired. There’s nothing worse in the world of strategic planning than going through a months-long process and being left with a plan that doesn’t reflect your community’s needs, doesn’t feel right, and then just sits on the shelf.
So we’ve pulled the best bits from our strategic planning experiences into a comprehensive process that will ensure your community is heard, your best strategies rise to the top, and your path forward becomes clear.
Our comprehensive strategic planning process costs $23,000 and is all-inclusive. We won’t bill you extra for materials or for our travel to your office for our in-person sessions.
We’re booked up for 2024 but are happily accepting engagements beginning in January 2025.
Here’s what our process could look like for you.
We’ll spend the first month getting aligned on the strategic planning process that will work best for your organization. We’ll get familiar with the work you do and talk with your top executives or strategic planning committee to design a tailored process that creates space to hold the diversity of perspectives within your community and ensures everyone feels heard. ption text goes here
We’ll then dive in to listening to the many perspectives of your community and getting the plan’s foundation right. We’ll facilitate four in-person brainstorming sessions with your key stakeholders to make sure your strategic plan is rooted in what the community you serve needs most. We’ll also start to draft your plan and give you an early look at what we think might be your path forward. text goes here
We’ll then facilitate some virtual feedback sessions with you and your community to make sure our draft strategic plan resonates. Once the plan is finalized, we’ll build a step-by-step implementation plan for the first year, leaving you well-prepared to start executing your plan right away. And to wrap things up, we’ll come back for a final in-person training to review the plan and what it means for your organization moving forward.
Working with us gives you a full package. You’ll have an experienced facilitator holding the container and a skilled strategist and still practicing non-profit CEO building the plan. Kyla and Jennifer Roccanti from Better Than Before work in partnership to meet your needs.
We have diverse professional experiences but came together in 2012 at Miriam’s Kitchen, an award-winning nonprofit working to end long-term homelessness in Washington, DC. That’s where we honed our craft and built the strategic planning skills we’d love to now share with you.
Together, we’ll create an actionable plan worth your time and money.
I am a collaborative, justice-seeking innovator who coaches leaders, organizations, and faith communities. With over 15 years experience organizing and developing programs to dismantle oppression, I work to create a culture of radical welcome while addressing the root causes of harm.
My expertise is facilitating organizational change and creating new programs and initiatives that institutionalize change. My experience includes:
co-leading the Service to Justice collective, designing and facilitating Rooting Out Racism trainings, and infusing anti-racist principles into organizational cultures,
building racial equity initiatives and client-centered advocacy within homeless services,
co-creating a religion and faith program for LGBTQ equality,
developing a community organizing initiative with people who live with mental illness.
My priority is aligning values, practices and structures and tending to how our work impacts those living on the margins.
I am also a mother. I am a partner in life and in love. I am a sister and a daughter, a friend, a neighbor and a connector.
I believe in collective power, and the ability to transform the world when we come together.
“Kyla embodied this wonderful mixture of softening with me around my fears and doubts – so there was room to hear those messages without giving into them – while simultaneously pushing me beyond my comfort. She emphasized and modeled trust in the body as a solid messenger of truth, to direct me in both tending to my needs and maintaining mindful follow-through. Kyla’s gift of steering while dreaming got me to a place of actualization! Thank you, Kyla, for providing a secure place to land and be seen and a steadfast partnership where values of integrity, justice, responsibility, humor, and love are the guides.”
- Elizabeth Meyer, LMFT, Founder of Listening for Legacy
“Kyla is a skilled facilitator who can read the room and respond to group needs while also staying on task (she’s a pro at re-directing!). She treats everyone with dignity, respect, and kindness – and she exudes warmth from the moment you meet her. Kyla was flexible, professional, and smart when facilitating focus groups – anyone would be lucky to have her as their facilitator!”
- Maya Vizvary, MSW, MPH, Street Harrassment Prevention Program Analyst, DC Office of Human Rights
“Kyla Dixon is an exceptional coach. She is one of the most discerning listeners I know. With Kyla you never feel as if she is imposing her own ideas but rather you get the experience of someone who listens deeply for your truth and then helps you to excavate it. She reflects back in a way that is concise and empowering. She is also extremely organized and is wonderful at building workable structures out of chaos. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to work with her.”
~ Dr. Sharon Groves, Vice President, Partner Engagement, Auburn Seminary
“Have you ever spent time near a person who makes you feel humble and at the same time inspires you? I thought I was a good listener... Kyla showed me how I can do it even better, just by being herself...never too tired to turn an open heart and mind, with no judgements, toward the people she meets. I admire how she is able to talk about the issues she cares for passionately without putting pressure on her conversation partner."
~ Dr. Katalin Boroczky, Educator
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