How We Began

Great leadership happens when leaders can show up authentically. But for too many, the message has been that to succeed, you must set aside parts of themselves. Leaving you overextended, isolated, and out of alignment with your potential.

Founder, Danielle N. Davis, experienced this tension firsthand. After advancing in leadership roles by following traditional models, she realized that performing leadership came at a cost. When she began leading authentically, integrating her values and identity into how she showed up, her teams thrived, trust deepened, and results lasted.

That shift became the foundation for Liberated Development: a firm built on the belief that leadership development should reflect identity and values, not suppress them. Today, LD partners with nonprofits, associations, and social impact organizations across 30+ states through leadership coaching, team development, and cohort-based programs. Certified as both an MBE and WBENC firm and recognized by Manage HR as a Top Strategic Planning Services Provider, we help leaders and teams build trust, alignment, and values-based cultures that drive sustainable success.

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Mission & Vision

Our mission is to redefine leadership by creating coaching and development programs rooted in identity and values, empowering leaders to show up authentically, strengthen team trust, and build inclusive workplaces that deliver clarity, confidence, and sustainable impact.

We envision a future where leadership development honors the full diversity of approaches and styles shaped by identity and lived experience. Where true leadership is recognized not in following one path, but in creating new ones that spark lasting change.