Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Dynasti Hunt Harris. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Dynasti, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s start with a story that highlights an important way in which your brand diverges from the industry standard.

Tayden Impact Partners is an organizational development consulting practice, and rather than focusing on creating diversity and inclusion programs that companies need to run separately, we’ve created a model called The Shift® that focuses on how to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into all aspects of running a business.

We recognize that it is a new way of approaching the work but believe that an inclusive and effective organizational workplace centers DEI in the core of its practices rather than an additional thing to do or add to the work.

Dynasti, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I’ve been seated on all sides of the table — the staff member, the Board member, the first/only Black woman on multiple executive teams. I’ve also led multiple organizations through transformational DEI and HR work.

With all this experience, I know what it’s like to work in an environment where you feel seen, heard, and included…and what it’s like to work in an environment where you don’t.

Leading DEI initiatives, I found that there were a lot of well-intentioned CEOs and leaders out there who wanted to build a more DEI-centered workplace…but had no idea where to start. More than anything, they needed concrete guidance.

I founded Tayden Impact Partners (TIP) and our core education model, The Shift®, to provide consulting partnerships that embody what I wish more CEOs had: a clear roadmap and plan for doing what everyone calls “the work.” I wanted to provide real guidance on how to “do the work” in a way that actually makes it a part of the organization rather than a statement piece that sits on a shelf.

What else should we know about how you took your side hustle and scaled it up into what it is today?

My business started as a side hustle after a couple of peers asked if I would help their organizations shift their culture and people practices in the same way I was shifting my own company that I worked for. After a few projects, I started to think about the mark I wanted to leave on the business world and if I wanted to continue to have an impact on one organization over the course of my career or expand my work across multiple teams.

I chose the latter.

Have you ever had to pivot?

For me, the biggest pivot I’ve had in my career is the one I’m currently going through now: building my business while raising my daughter. Doing both at the same time is not easy but it has taught me the importance of quick decisions, using my time wisely, and focusing on being present in ways that I never truly understood before.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://taydenimpact.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dynastihunt/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dynastihunt/