Rasheeda Frazier

My journey into consulting began organically during my nearly 20 years in corporate operations and administration. I was always that go-to person - everyone came to me for advice, I was creating career pathways, helping people with their business ideas when they were ready to transition out of corporate. I was unintentionally doing all of this work. Then one day, I sat down at my desk after getting passed over for a promotion. I wasn't sad, but I was very reflective. I kept thinking about how I'd helped so many people get to the next level, whether in their career or business. That's when the thought came - I wondered if people would actually pay me to do this. I literally built my business on my lunch breaks, spending every hour in the conference room for a few years. I tested it out, people started paying for it, and by 2012, Empowering Greatness was officially here. Today, I work primarily with service-based businesses at the intersection of leadership, systems, and teams. I'm an architect - organizations pull me in when they have people problems, systems problems, or leadership problems. I assess where the holes are and help them reformulate their foundation so they can be future-forward. My work ranges from fractional HR and executive advisory to operational reorganization and leadership training. I recently developed a skills lab for business foundations as a 3-workshop series for small farmers wanting to understand how to run farm-adjacent businesses. I also founded the nonprofit Great Futures Rising, which just received its 501c3 certification, focusing on workforce development and entrepreneurship for youth ages 14 to 24.