Empowered Data-Driven Diversity Consulting

Empowered Diversity Consulting uses cutting-edge quantitative and qualitative research to provide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") consulting services to professional institutions in the tech and finance industries. Sonya diagnoses DEI issues and creates tailor-made solutions incorporating behavioral and structural changes to help teams capitalize on the benefits of diversity. Services include but are not limited to multi-day workshops, leadership trainings, diversity audits, recruiting consultations, executive sponsor development, and DEI facilitation."Sonya facilitated an excellent set of Diversity and Inclusion workshops for our engineering organization. She provided compelling content, supported with data, and drew upon the lived experiences of our group to target specific information and actions that would be most relevant. Sonya met us where we are on our journey and helped to move us forward. Sonya also did a fantastic job of encouraging interaction, such that our participants felt heard."- Courtney, Principal Group Program Manager, Microsoft “The DEI workshop that Sonya conducted for our org was one of the best that we have had. Sonya did a wealth of pre-work with the team to customize the workshops in a way that was directly applicable to our needs. Her data-driven approach brought insights that were actionable. Our leadership team was able to understand specific issues with diversity and inclusion and through the sessions, work collaboratively with the entire team to brainstorm on targeted improvements. The conversations that these sessions drove both during and after the workshop brought us closer together and gave us a forum to do the critical work of uncovering our biases and assumptions in a non-threatening way that everyone could participate in. The investment in the team was so worth it and I’m thankful that we were able to find Sonya and bring her in to work with the team!” - Mary, Senior Data & Applied Scientist, Microsoft