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Leader­ship.
Conflict.
Forward.

Mediation, leadership development, and consulting for organizations ready to stop avoiding the conversations that matter, and start building something worth staying for.

What this is

Every organization has a conversation it keeps avoiding.

Diggs at the Table is a workplace conflict resolution and leadership development practice. Whether you need a neutral third party, a leadership coach, or a keynote that actually challenges the room, you’ve found the right seat.

Pull up a chair.
Say the thing.

Three ways
to sit down.

Each one is built around the same core: moving people from stuck to forward.

01

Mediation & Conflict Resolution

Facilitative mediation for civil disputes, workplace conflict, and organizational tension. Rule 17 certified. Neutral, structured, and resolution-focused.

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02

Leadership Consulting & Coaching

Executive coaching, organizational audits, and leadership development for administrators, principals, and teams navigating change.

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03

Speaking & Keynotes

High-impact keynotes for conferences, professional development days, and leadership convenings. Topics drawn from real systems-level experience.

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Live this winter · Zoom · 90 minutes each

The conversation. And everything after it.

12.03
Thursday, Dec 3, 2026 · 9:00–10:30 AM Central

Say It Anyway

You have held it too long. How to open the conversation you’ve been carrying, survive the moment it turns, and land it so it holds.

02.03
Wednesday, Feb 3, 2027 · 9:00–10:30 AM Central

Back to the Table

You said it. Now you have to work with them tomorrow. How to rebuild the working relationship in the ninety days after.

The Table Series. Both sessions, both kits, both replays.

Both for $129 · Save $29
Your host at the table
“The most dangerous thing a leader can do is mistake silence for peace.”

Darryl S. Diggs, Jr., Ed.D. brings twenty years of K–12 leadership, from classroom teacher to district executive, and a working mediation practice to every engagement. Both the framework and the fire.

Full Bio
Ed.D., Educational Leadership
Missouri Rule 17 Mediator
Missouri Rule 88 Mediator
Certified Workplace Mediator & Trainer
AASA Aspiring Superintendent Academy
Harvard Certificate, School Management & Leadership
Author, The Fire Within
Two-Time Ironman Finisher
The Fire Within: When Purpose Meets Bureaucracy, by Dr. Darryl S. Diggs, Jr. — view on Amazon
The book · Available now

The Fire
Within

When Purpose Meets Bureaucracy

A fire chief who believes confusion builds character. A finance director who values spreadsheets over saving lives. A sharp, satirical look at organizational dysfunction, and what happens when good people decide to light a different kind of fire.

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Free field guide

5 Lines for the Moment It Turns.

Five word-for-word lines for when a hard conversation stops going the way you planned. Two pages. Useful today.

Send Me the 5 Lines

Live on Zoom · Thu, Dec 3 · 9:00–10:30 AM CT

Say It Anyway: the conversation you keep avoiding.

90 minutes on how to open it, survive the moment it turns, and land it so it holds. Replay and kit included.

Free self-assessment · 3 minutes

How hot is your conflict?

Nine questions tell you if what you’re carrying is a Blip, a Clash, or a Crisis. Then you get the exact words to start the conversation.

BlipClashCrisis
Take the Heat Check