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Debra Williams

Commander · DISC type D
Teacher at Skillshare
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Debra Williams is a facilitation expert with over 25 years of experience in transforming team collaboration and meeting design. A Cornell and NYU graduate, she founded Collective Energy Consulting and operates as the "Meeting Medic" to boost team energy and outcomes. Colleagues describe her as energetic, creative, practical, and a powerhouse facilitator who excels at creative problem solving.

Debra is passionate about continuous learning and development, actively participating in and promoting sessions from organizations like the Creative Education Foundation. She focuses on helping others generate new ideas, navigate change, and collaborate more effectively, welcoming everyone to join in these valuable, community-focused learning opportunities.

She has branded herself as the "Meeting Medic, " ready to diagnose and cure unproductive, time-consuming meetings.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Teacher
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Debra shows up

Impact-Driven
Very Quick
Decisive

They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships. They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.

Priorities

Topics Debra cares about

Meeting Redesign
Her entire professional identity as the "Meeting Medic" is built around redesigning meetings to make them more productive, engaging, and effective for high-stakes sessions.
Creative Problem Solving
She is a certified Creative Problem Solving Facilitator and trainer, focusing on helping teams and organizations think differently and generate innovative solutions.
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Career

Work history

5-2020 - 1-2023
Teacher
Skillshare
3-2020 - 5-2024
Actionable Consulting Partner
Actionable Consultants
2013 - 6-2017
Innovation Jump Starter
New & Improved, LLC| Creating growth through innovation
9-2006
Meeting Medic| Engagement Builder | Solution Generator
Collective Energy Consulting
1-2005 - 1-2006
Director, Human Resources
Pepperidge Farm
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2006 - 2007
Master of Arts
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
1987 - 1991
B.S.
Cornell University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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