Dakota Bayard is a transformational coach and organizational consultant with over 15 years' experience helping individuals and organizations reach greater success and overall well-being.  



Not only does she have an intuitive capacity for recognizing and overcoming resistance to change, but her background in education and psychology enables Dakota to quickly, effectively connect with her clients, and fosters a unique openness and integrity of communication.



Her skill in conducting personal and organizational needs assessments ensures that clients from diverse fields gain the skills and resources necessary to support desired changes.  



Dakota's coaching style accommodates clients' different learning styles, facilitating their capacity to acquire essential knowledge and skills.



Her strong mediation skills have been successfully utilized with couples, families, and corporations - both preventing escalation of conflict and also cultivating a deeper understanding and lasting respect among parties.

 

In the area of original curriculum/training development for both adolescent and adult learners, Dakota is recognized for skillful, engaging, and inspiring instruction of both intangible attributes and concrete skills, including topics such as self-esteem, communication, empathy, and goal-setting.

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A dynamic public speaker, Dakota has delivered presentations to medical students on coping with strong emotions while working with hospice patients, as well as on the art of compassionate communication while delivering difficult news to patients and their families. She lectures internationally on the subject of transcending pain, and published “The Soul of Service: Allowing Awe into the Practice of Medicine” in Harvard University’s Journal of the Hippocratic Society.

  

Dakota's current research is devoted to the topic of rekindling nurses' and physicians’ passion for the practice of medicine.  By facilitating self-awareness, identifying personal mission, vision, and core values, and providing skills training in areas such as intention-setting, problem-solving, and mindfulness-based practices, Dakota is not only helping healthcare workers to cultivate greater alignment between their ideal and actual medical practice, but also to discover a life with deeper meaning and purpose.

 

​ABOUT DAKOTA . . .