Who we are

We’re here for the same reason.

You want to solve complex human problems and do the best work possible in your organization. We want to help. Let us travel this road with you.

Dr. Adriane Johnson-Williams

People are complex. Powerful work begins when organizations stop pretending otherwise.

Adriane knows that human beings are at the heart of all our organizational endeavors. Regardless of sector or size, we have not yet eliminated the need for humans. As a coach, program designer, facilitator, educator, and philanthropic program officer, she has always considered the people who will be impacted by the work.

This drive led Adriane to found Standpoint Consulting, a firm dedicated to helping leaders who are ready to do the work to make the commitment to race equity while centering organizational results.

She is committed to fighting structural inequality regardless of whom it impacts. Yet, she is focused primarily on race equity.

Work with Adriane and the team

Depth behind the candor

EQi 2.0 / EQ 360 Certified
Standards for Excellence Institute® Licensed Consultant
Team Coaching Certified Practitioner

Our promise

Your result stays at the center.

Standpoint Consulting wants to ensure your leadership team is focused on results. We want to see you sharpen your mission, regain focus in your work, and have a clear touchstone for why you exist — that’s why we exist.

We ensure that your organizational effectiveness is built on the interests and experiences of all your stakeholders—even those you may not be thinking of. Systemic thinking requires focusing on the entire organizational system and the environment in which it works.

Any organizational type can benefit from a human-centered approach to their work. Together, we can ensure your leadership team maintains a focus on results.

We do this work with equity, humanity, integrity, and dignity as foundational values.

Who you work with

The people doing the work.

Experienced partners who bring different standpoints—and a shared commitment to helping people move meaningful work forward.

Sales and AI Strategy · Contractor

Kym Alexander

Kym Alexander is a Coach, Facilitator, and Consultant focusing on organizational health through connecting as whole humans and exploring and leveraging the existing expertise of all contributors in an organization. Her education in theater performance and arts led to a deep passion for collaboration, storytelling, and using resources creatively.

Kym has worked in training and development, event planning, marketing, project and program management, as well as supporting several organizations’ charitable giving initiatives. Her experience in corporate, small business, and startups includes multiple industries: food service, law firms, financial advisors, direct sales, and consumer products.

Kym brings a breadth of experience in working with limited resources and competing priorities in different industries that allows her to both critically and creatively solve problems and implement strategies to successfully achieve ambitious goals.

Contract Consultant

Kayla Brooks

Kayla Brooks, a native Memphian, is a self-proclaimed extrovert who incorporates play into information gathering and training sessions with clients. “I want people to think about work differently. Bringing an element of play changes people’s energy, lets them be creative and light hearted.” Another added benefit? This changed perspective helps employees to receive messages more comfortably and with an open mind.

Ms. Brooks works with organizations to target the results they need to be successful. She facilitates conversations that create a safe space for teams to feel brave, and she asks the meaty questions that allow teams to connect on a deeper level. She is adept at managing group dynamics and maintaining respectful dialog.

She holds a Bachelor of Science from Vanderbilt University in Human and Organizational Development and a Master of Public Service from the Clinton School of Public Service.

Certifications

Manufacturing Excellence White Belt, International Paper
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Certified Practitioner, The Myers & Briggs Foundation
Qualified Results Based Facilitation Practitioner & Coach, Results Based Facilitation Network

Dr. AJW’s Standpoint

Black girl child from the U.S. South
Impeccably educated in the best institutions
Bilingual
Pragmatic
Runt in a family of giants
Wife to a phenomenal woman
Child-free
Sharp-tongued

I am all these things. They are fundamental to my identity, and yet they don’t quite describe who I am. They, and many other characteristics, inform how I interpret the world, define problems, and construct solutions.

And therein lies the lesson.

People are complex. We bring all of that complexity with us into every room we enter. When we combine all the things we carry and apply them, powerful things happen.

Dr. AJW

Our operating values

What guides our work.

Equity

We make power and patterns visible, then change the conditions producing inequitable results.

Humanity

We hold people’s complexity without losing sight of the system and the result.

Integrity

We name what we see, keep our commitments, and refuse the comfort of performative work.

Dignity

We design work that respects people’s voice, time, knowledge, and right to shape what affects them.

Ready when you are

Make the next move matter.

Bring us the challenge your team keeps circling. We’ll help you find the practical first step—and build from there.