DEI Consulting That Drives Culture Change and Measurable Impact

According to Harvard Business Review, high-belonging cultures are linked to a 56% increase in job performance, a 50% drop in turnover risk, and a 75% reduction in sick days. For a 10,000-person company, that’s an annual savings of $52 million. But too often, organizations struggle to realize these benefits because their DEI efforts lack alignment, clarity, or staying power.

That’s where our DEI consulting comes in.

At ReFresh Communication, our DEI consulting is rooted in strategy, systems thinking, and deep cultural insight. We help you move beyond one-off training sessions and toward a sustained, organization-wide transformation. Through our DEI Alignment Mapping process, we partner with you to co-create a clear and actionable roadmap for building a more equitable, inclusive, high-trust workplace culture—one that aligns policy, practice, and purpose.

Whether you’re just starting your DEI journey or trying to rebuild trust after stalled efforts, our DEI consulting team helps you navigate the four most common barriers to progress: culture, ego, power, and stress. From executive coaching to stakeholder engagement and change management, we tailor each phase of our DEI consulting to fit your goals, pace, and capacity.

If you’re ready to build a culture where inclusion isn’t just a value—but a daily practice—we’re here to guide the way.

DEI Executive Consultant - Emily Braucher
Emily Braucher - DEI Consultant

Executive Coaching: For Leaders Building Trust and Inclusive Culture in Uncertain Times

High-growth companies face a tough truth: rapid change can strain trust, morale, and culture. Even well-intentioned teams can lose alignment, and traditional DEI training alone isn’t enough to shift behavior at the top.

That’s where this coaching comes in.

Designed for executives navigating stress, complexity, and cultural challenges, this engagement goes beyond performance coaching—it’s about growing trust-centered, power-aware leadership that can scale.

If these challenges sound familiar, coaching offers a way forward:

  • “We keep losing good people—we don’t know why.”
  • “Our leaders aren’t ready for DEI pushback or hard conversations.”
  • “People are burned out. There’s distrust—even among good folks.”
  • “We’ve done the training, but our culture still feels reactive.”

Our coaching enables leaders to:

  • Strengthen their ability to leverage individual strengths to foster collective resilience and performance
  • Empower teams to speak up and collaborate across lines of difference
  • Navigate identity, power, and bias with confidence, skill and integrity
  • Create consistency in inclusive language, decision-making, and policy application across departments
  • Build a foundation of trust, clarity, and accountability across teams
  • Drive meaningful cultural change—rooted in insight, alignment, and action

Why partner with Emily Braucher:

With 20+ years of experience in intercultural leadership and organizational culture, Emily brings both strategic insight and deep emotional intelligence. Her work draws on Brainstates Management™, trauma-informed approaches, and intercultural communication to support growth without shame, and strategy without gimmicks. This is not about checking a box—it’s about equipping your leaders to build inclusive culture that leads to retention, efficiency and innovation. This is coaching designed for leaders who want to lead with purpose, build durable trust, and create lasting impact.

“Conversations with Emily provided space for unstructured, open dialogue around complex and often controversial topics, the types of conversations that are rare to encounter as a leader without creating concerns for unintended consequences. Emily created a trusted environment where I could explore sensitive issues—particularly around cultural dynamics—freely and without judgment. Her ability to listen deeply and ask thoughtful questions, rather than advocate a particular position, helped me reflect and gain clarity on some pressing challenges within our company.”

CEO
Pivot Energy, LLC

“Working with Emily over just four sessions made a big impact. She helped me get really clear on what DEIJ training is and isn’t, breaking down stereotypes and making it more about building the strongest team possible. Because of our work together, I feel more confident talking about DEIJ with my team and have a clearer focus on how to encourage people to bring their best to the group. The strategies she shared were simple and actionable—I was able to take them back to my team right away, even in something as practical as a follow-up email. What really stood out was how applicable everything was. This wasn’t just theoretical—it gave me real tools I could use immediately, and they resonated with both me and my team.”

Jonathan Fitzpatrick, Chief Development Officer

Pivot Energy, LLC

“What truly sets Emily apart is her ability to push individuals and teams out of their comfort zones in a way that was both motivating and supportive. She made DEI relatable, grounding the work in real, actionable steps while encouraging us to reflect on our biases and assumptions. Through her guidance, our team was able to engage in vulnerable conversations that ultimately strengthened our psychological safety, camaraderie, and collaboration.”

Kristen Brandt-Unton, Sr. Director of ESG & Sustainability
Catalyze Energy, Boulder CO

“Emily’s experience and expertise left us with tangible takeaways on how to have more effective communication and collaboration across the RES organization. Her training sessions serves as valuable opportunities to think outside the box about the dynamics that affect our working environment and understand how to work better with others inside and outside of RES.”

Caroline Twitchell, Director of Finance
Renewable Energy Systems, Americas

“ReFresh effectively helped our clients learn to identify waste of resources when cultural context isn’t taken into account in addition to providing the framework and tools to function at the nexus of efficiency and effectiveness by addressing barriers to collaboration. I was personally impressed by her ability to create spaces for our clients to surface underlying tension within the group dynamic.”

Brett Fleishman, Senior Analyst
350.org