About

“These times are urgent. Let us slow down.”

— Báyò Akómoláfé

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r.m. michaële antoine, ACC, RYT, M.S., M.A.

Most teams don't struggle because of strategy. They struggle because of how people communicate, and no amount of restructuring, rebranding, or reorganizing will fix a culture that hasn't done the harder work of learning to talk to itself honestly.

That's the work I support.

As the founder of Curios Consulting, I act as a leadership communication coach, culture transformation facilitator, and consultant. I work with HR and People leaders at mission-driven organizations to transform the interpersonal dynamics that shape culture, performance, and trust through coaching, facilitation, and consulting that is purposefully s l o w. Because lasting transformation doesn't come from quick fixes. It comes from building the awareness, language, and practices that change how people show up together.

My path to this work is personal. I'm a third-culture kid, first-generation, born in Montréal to Haïtian immigrants and raised in Miami. A lifetime of adapting to new environments while finding and adjusting for fit has been my original practice ground for navigating uncertainty, tension, and returning to center. It's the foundation this work is built on.

The question that guides me is this: how do we make space for the complexity of our humanity in the workplace, while keeping shared purpose at the center? I don’t have all the answers, but I believe that the curiosity to interrogate what is, tapping into the edges of our shared consciousness, and the courage to name hard truths can liberate the way we work together is how we get there. If we're willing.

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The Details

  • The following guide my approach and allow for connection to be fostered before, during, and after the process of collaboration that occurs with clients.

    1. Curiosity — the strong desire to know or learn something

    2. Consciousness —the fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world

    3. Courage — the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty

  • An incomplete list of frameworks I pull from and tools I use to support you:

    1. design thinking

    2. Marshall Rosenberg’s 4 Components of nonviolent communication by Marshall Rosenberg

    3. adrienne maree brown’s work on emergent strategy

    4. Brené Brown’s research on vulnerability

    5. Prentis Hemphill’s work on embodiment

    6. Amy Edmonson’s work on psychological safety

    7. Kristin Neff’s work on self-compassion

    Teachers I’ve learned from:

    Teachers I am inspired by, from afar:

    • Mia Birdsong, Dr. Yaba Blay, adrienne maree brown, Brené Brown, Prentis Hemphill, Tricia Hersey, bell hooks, Jessica Lanyadoo, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Kristin Neff, Sonya Renee Taylor, Jeff Warren.

    I acknowledge and thank these teachers. My work would not be what it is without theirs to guide and inspire me.

  • Associate Certified Coach | 2023

    Registered Yoga Teacher | 2021

    Master of Arts, Communication | 2018

    Master of Science, Higher Education Administration | 2013

    BA, Intercultural Communication | 2011

    BBA, International Business & Trade | 2011

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