Didier Sylvain

Didier Sylvain is an experienced coach and consultant specializing in leadership effectiveness, team facilitation, and life alignment. Through his private practice, he leverages his training in intentional change theory, appreciative inquiry, adaptive strategy and somatics to develop customized approaches to his client’s individual coaching and leadership development needs.

Didier has coached professionals and served as a consultant in a variety of industries including telecom, media and entertainment, labor, healthcare, electoral politics, education, philanthropy, and the social sector. He has worked with numerous teams to facilitate effective team alignment and capacity building, helping those teams grow and deliver powerfully on their missions. Throughout his career, he has worked with and through Good Wolf Group, Deloitte Consulting, Verizon Media, Echoing Green, The Bertha Foundation, and the Campaign for Black Male Achievement. Didier has also coached and taught courses on leadership at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Notre Dame.

Didier holds a M.S. in Public Policy and Management, with a concentration in social entrepreneurship, from the Heinz College of Public Policy and Management, as well as a B.A. in Economics from Boston College. He has completed post-graduate studies in Adaptive Leadership and Embodied Leadership, was trained in Co-Active Coaching at CTI, is certified to administer and debrief The Leadership Circle 360 assessment, and is a certified practitioner of sound healing and qigong. Didier was also selected for the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology at Columbia University.

With a voracious mind and an impactful presence, Didier continues to explore ways to apply his academic and creative background to his work with others. He is committed to advancing collective struggles towards equity and unity worldwide. With roots in Haiti, he lives in Los Angeles with his family.