Dr. Monique Dawkins is the founder of Better Equipped Solutions, a leadership, executive coaching, and consulting firm.  She is a learning and organizational development leader with twenty years of experience leading diverse teams. She has always been passionate about helping people learn to get unstuck and to become better equipped to respond to everyday challenges in an authentic way. She strives to empower individuals in a supportive environment and has helped many people accomplish their short- and long-term goals.  She particularly enjoys helping clients develop personalized solutions to effectively juggle profession, family and passion while putting themselves first.

Professionally, she provides coaching, consulting, and corporate training to develop individuals and high-performance teams. She is a certified coach in Gallup (Strengths-based Coaching)  and International Coaching Federation (Associate Certified Coach) and holds certifications in MBTI, EQ2.0/ EQ 360, Crucial Conversations. Dr Dawkins has an array of areas of expertise largely around leadership development, resilience, and workplace learning. She has published research in peer reviewed journals on topics such as burnout, coping with workplace stress and quality improvement.

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She has earned a Doctorate in Adult Learning and Organizational Leadership from Columbia University, a Master degree from Pace and a Bachelor degree from Howard University.