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cultivating high trust environments for teams
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KDPM Consulting Group offers transformational tools, grounded in the science of human behaviour, emotional intelligence, positive psychology, and neuroscience. Our programs drive impactful organizational change, help disrupt anti-Black racism and unconscious racial bias, and equip leaders with the right tools to create an high-trust and equitable workplace culture.
Dream Bigger. Go Beyond.
The KDPM Sankofa Return 10-Year CELEBRATION
Dream Bigger. Go Beyond. is the guiding message of KDPM's Sankofa Return — the 10-year celebration anchoring everything KDPM works toward. It is both an invitation and a declaration of what becomes possible when women are no longer asked to fit inside systems that were never designed to hold them.
It calls women, organizations, and communities to move past incremental inclusion and into genuine transformation — rooted in trust, cultural wholeness, and the power of women dreaming together.
Culture as Compass. Trust as Daily Practice. Community as Power.
PARTNERS & ORGANIZATIONS WE’VE SUPPORTED
OUR actionable strategies create real change.
“Thank you for writing such an informative guide... so many of us - myself included - need to take responsibility for educating ourselves. AND, it also helps when we can learn from those we trust, who are patient and willing to allow us to learn, and to listen. Some of my biggest takeaways: Be ready to listen, to take individual responsibility, and to do the work for a year (at least... and not only this week or this month!) It may be uncomfortable, but we can't be afraid to address the elephant in the "race" room. Thank you.”
CAROL SCHULTE — CEO The Brav Institute
“Thank you Karlyn. Sound and much appreciated advice at a time when it’s much needed. Thanks for all that you are doing and for your commitment to this important work.”
PATRICK NANGLE — CEO, MODO
“Great actionable strategies.”
REEM GEDEON — Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Market Development at LifeWorks
kdpm featured workshops preview
Going Beyond Psychological Safety to Rebuilding Trust and Cultural Leadership in the Workplace
Today's organizations face critical challenges: broken trust, persistent creative and operational plateaus, and a measurable gap between diversity statements and daily employee experience. These are not just HR problems; they are systemic barriers blocking innovation and growth and the future of leadership.
KDPM Equity Institute partners with you to move beyond adapting to change to authoring a culture of trust that fuels sustained success. Our workshops are built to address these realities head-on, leveraging an integrated intelligence practice that combines Cultural Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Neuroscience.
The KDPM Difference: Our Proprietary Frameworks
Our entire success pathway is designed for leaders who refuse to choose between excellence and wholeness.
We don't just offer training; we integrate a system that drives sustained cultural change.
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Karlyn percil-mercieca
Karlyn Percil-Mercieca is a Certified Emotional Intelligence and Neuro-Life Coach with keen focus on diversity, inclusion, and belonging. She is the CEO of KDPM Consulting Group INC., and the Founder of SisterTalk Group Leadership and Wellness Academy, a mentorship group dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous, WoC leveraging community and personal narratives and storytelling as a catalyst of success.
Karlyn has dedicated her career to helping corporations plan, develop, and execute successful and comprehensive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leadership strategies to support inclusive organization and human optimization goals. Her motivation to improve the status quo stems from her passion as a black leader and her former twenty plus year career as a bank executive, where she experienced discrimination, racial/gendered biases, and emotional tax. She is passionate about change and believes that inclusion is not just a trend, but a verb that requires action.