About Me
CONSULTANT | COACH | SPEAKER | TRAINER
I am a specialist in organizational and personal transformation. My mission is to nurture, motivate, and empower clients to achieve goals and objectives strategically, thoughtfully, and confidently. Whether a competitive, challenged, or complacent landscape, I maximize potential to enhance productivity, interpersonal skills, and the bottom line. I am Shandra Dawkins. I am a business consultant. I facilitate growth.
Armed with an aptitude for multifaceted issues and a deep understanding of the dynamics of public and private sector partnerships and leadership development, I help others navigate market demands, stakeholder obligations, and end-user experiences.
I am a native Floridian with more than 20 years’ senior experience collaborating with emerging and established leaders, boards, employees, and individuals in a diversity of businesses, industry sectors, and social service disciplines. My blueprints, best practices, and insight combine to define and deliver impactful solutions for companies, organizations, and individuals throughout the United States.
I talk the talk because I have walked the walk. I know firsthand how shared vision, invested mentors, and expert counsel can open doors, remove obstacles, renew confidence, change lives, and transform the path to financial, managerial, and personal success. That is my story and can be yours too. (Continue reading)
Why Work With Me
CONSULTANT | COACH | SPEAKER | TRAINER
A successful business consultant, coach, speaker, or trainer can help you to clarify goals, understand and capitalize upon strengths and minimize weaknesses, probe assumptions, and learn from successes as well as failures. Why choose me? I provide a roadmap for growth, and the proof is in my performance.
EXPERIENCE
Assisted more than 40 companies, serving more than a half-million constituents, clients, and customers; covering more than 20% of the US population.
DELIVERABLES
Facilitated more than 400 programs and trainings for business operations, organizational management, and personal development.
RESULTS
Generated more than $15 million dollars in profits and funding via grants, cost-efficient services, programs, and productivity.
Project Showcase
Browse a few samples of my work
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”
“Leadership does not mean putting the ear to the ground to follow public opinion, but to have the vision of what is necessary and the courage to make it possible.”
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”
“Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They’re what make the instrument stretch – what make you go beyond the norm.”
Growth Insight
LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, & SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS
Inspiration and Motivation – Beyond the Call of Duty
If you lead a group or team of co-workers, accomplishing tasks requires more than expertise, talent, or a fancy title. How you get others to step up to the plate
Navigating the Tightrope of Effective Leadership
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Oliver Wendell Holmes Effective leadership, in both good times and bad,
Find the Will to Change
Unless you are psychic, a crystal ball or some measure of a superpower will not predict when your business plan will encounter threats or obstacles. Conversely, a good business plan
Let’s Grow Together
TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT
I welcome the opportunity to discuss your business goals, growth objectives, personal development potential, or presentation plans.
