Dethra Giles

Dethra Giles is the voice organizations call when communication breaks down and culture is on the line. A sought-after speaker, executive coach, and strategist, Dethra helps companies, leaders, and teams transform how they show up, speak up, and lead across lines of power, perspective, and difference.

With a background in leadership development, organizational development, and conflict navigation, she delivers more than inspiration—she delivers infrastructure for how people work together when the stakes are high. Her proprietary frameworks,including the award-winning DARETM model, have helped thousands of professionals master difficult conversations, navigate change, and turn tension into clarity.

Dethra has served clients across industries, Fortune 500s, startups, academic institutions, and government agencies, earning a reputation as the person who can shift rooms, reset teams, and move missions forward. Her approach is bold, insightful, and always rooted in the belief that culture is not what you say, it's how you communicate, lead, and live it out.

When she’s not on stage or advising the C-suite, Dethra is teaching the world how to master conflict with conversational competence in her book, That’s Not What I Said. She's also a weekly voice on the nationally syndicated Willie Moore Jr. Show,helping professionals move from the cubicle to the corner office with strategy and audacity.