Welcome to EBD Collective
Building leaders who build the future
I help purpose-driven leaders, entrepreneurs and communities grow with clarity, courage and purpose through programs that simplify complexity and unlock growth.
Because you deserve a life that fosters your peace and your potential
About Us
From business clarity to community leadership
EBD Collective was founded with one simple belief: leadership is more than a role - it's a responsibility to build futures that last.
Our programs are designed to equip people and organizations with the skills, systems and support they need to thrive. Whether you're a corporation strengthing your leadership pipeline, an entrepreneur seeking clarity in your business, or a community member pursuing opportunity, EBD Collective meets you where you are.
25+
Years Experience
This is how we'll do it
For The 50+ Woman Who's Already Done Alot
You're not new to responsibility.
You’ve led teams, managed careers, raised families, built reputations.
You’ve navigated complex spaces, made things happen, and kept everything moving — even when it cost you.
But now, you’re done building from burnout.
You’re done squeezing your vision into frameworks that don’t fit.
You don’t need hype.
You need clarity.
You’re ready for a business or platform that reflects who you are now — not who you had to be to survive the last season.
You want structure that makes sense.
A strategy that protects your peace.
A space to think clearly — without having to perform, explain, or shrink.
You want to move differently now.
And you’re looking for the right support to help you do it — with intention and real tools that work.
That’s where I come in.
No fluff. No performance.
Just grounded guidance, systems that work, and clarity that lasts.
What’s Your Next Best Move?
This 3-minute quiz reveals whether Core Essentials™ is right for you — and what to do next.
Let's build this in a way that actually works for you.
Our Programs
No more trying to force-fit yourself into rigid systems or drowning in unnecessary complexity.
Whether you're just starting to explore your options or ready to scale what you've built, we'll create a strategy that feels natural and works beautifully.
Core Essentials Program
Core Essentials™ is for high-capacity women who are ready to stop spinning and finally build a business that fits their life, values, and current season. It brings together real clarity, aligned offers, and practical systems so you can move with confidence, protect your energy, and take your next steps.
Creative Tech Concierge
Membership Community
Ever wish you had a group of smart, supportive women who totally get what you're building? It's here!
No surface-level networking here - just real connections, real support, and real growth.
Choose Your Package
Core Essentials™ Signature Program
Flex Voice Coaching
3-Month Package
$797
One-time fee
Ideal for new entrepreneurs.
3-month program duration
Receive personalized coaching support whenever you need it 24/7. Flexible, on-demand coaching
Creative Tech Concierge Inner Circle Annual Membership
Customized Entrepreneur Leadership & Sales Impact Report
Program price start $797
Plan can be extended based on your needs
Business Starter Kit
Basic Setup & Support Package
$1500
One-time fee
Ideal for coaches & consultants who want to scale operations & optimizing processes
CRM Software Account (single user) & Set up*
Custom Calendar Integrations, Dashboard, Automations and Workflow
Customized Entrepreneur Leadership & Sales Impact Report with debrief
Creative Tech Concierge Inner Circle Annual Membership
Program price $1500
Monthly Support Package available
Clarity-driven business building for women ready to
move from stuck to aligned.
$3500
One-time fee
Ideal for coaches, consultants & service-based providers who want a professional online presence, to scale operation & optimize their business processes.
FOUNDATION
Set the focus. Get clear on what you’re building and why. This is where we eliminate the noise. You define your vision, own your value, and anchor into what really matters. No more guessing. You start with clarity, not chaos.
FRAMEWORK
Build the strategy, systems, and workflows that actually fit your life. We work with you on your people, process and tech systems strategy, using tools that make sense for where you are now -- not where someone else thinks you should be.
FLOW
Connect the back end to the front end so your business actually works. This is where your tech, operations, and delivery systems come into play. You’ll walk away with streamlined, scalable system that works with you as you grow.
FORTIFY
Strengthen your presence and protect your peace. Here, we build boundaries and habits that protect your time and energy. You learn to lead from a place of wholeness, not hustle.
FELLOWSHIP
You don’t do this alone . You build in community.This is where we cultivate connection. You join a network of women who are walking the same path, not with competition but with encouragement, shared wisdom, and real accountability.
Creative Tech Concierge Membership Community for 12 months
Program starts at $3500
Payment plan available
Why Choose Us
Serving You With Excellence
Foster Leadership™
Executive coaching, Leadership development workshops and training for organizations and professionals.
Black Lineman Network®
Workforce development and mentorship for African-Americans in the utility trades.
Creative Tech Concierge™
Private membership community focused on human-first tech strategy and systems for women entrepreneurs.
MEET THE FOUNDER & CEO
Hey, I'm Coach Dezi!
I am a coach, strategist, and leader. I created EBD Collective because I know what it feels like to lead without enough support.
My work is about helping women leaders and entrepreneurs simplify their systems, move from uncertainty to confidence, and create the impact they were made for.
Maxwell Leadership Executive Coach & Trainer
Certified Maxwell DISC Consultant
Six Sigma Green Belt
Desireé Foster-Collins
Principal Consultant & Founder
I spent over two decades in corporate building and leading multimillion-dollar systems and projects. Now, I help leaders like you build something far more powerful — a business that reflects your deepest purpose.
I’m Desiree Foster-Collins — Strategist and Executive Leadership Coach, and the heart behind EBD Collective. My journey has taken me from corporate leadership at one of California’s largest utility companies to coaching entrepreneurs around the country.
I’ve spent the last three decades building teams, managing complex capital projects, raising children, mentoring leaders, and helping visionaries bring structure to their brilliance and turn their expertise into revenue streams. But now, my mission is clearer than ever. I empower women both professionally and personally as a strategic problem solver, consultant and coach.
I believe entrepreneurs and small business owners are the heartbeat of communities and deserve access to the same resources, systems & tools that big businesses have at their disposal.
Through EBD Collective, I serve organizations, entrepreneurs and communities who want clarity in their vision, structure in their systems, ready to build with intention and peace in their process.
Today, I use all those years of strategic precision, cross-functional leadership, and technical know-how - to serve people like you.
Leaders who are ready to stop duct-taping their systems together.
Leaders who want to build with clarity.
Leaders who want courage, confidence and real growth.
Bring the vision. I'll help you bring it to life.
Testimonials
What They Say
What our amazing clients say about working with us
"Dezi is a servant leader. She was very thorough in explaining both the how to's of keeping our technology safe from hackers, but also clearly explained the why. She was very patient with the group and took time to respond to all questions. The demos she provided were very helpful."
Cheryl S.
Harris Sutton Enterprises
"I 100% recommend Coach Dezi for her masterful creativity, strategic business mind, her excellence in design and all things tech. She is the creative tech whisperer and has the ability to bring clarity about the use of tech tools in any business."
Cherise I.
Irons Consulting Group
"I recommend Coach Dezi to anyone who may need that push to get things done! Getting started is the easy part of starting your own business, moving up in a corporate position through promotion, etc. What is difficult is keeping momentum and motivation to keep going forward and upward when faced with obstacles and challenges.
Everyone needs a coach!"
Marla M.
The M.ARM Agency
The Leaders' Academy
Latest Blogs & Episodes
She Didn’t Lose Her Drive, She Outgrew the Container
There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that shows up when you are a high-level woman in corporate and you are “winning”… but you are also disappearing.
Not disappearing in performance. Not disappearing in results.
Disappearing in self.
You are the steady one. The competent one. The one who can walk into chaos and make it make sense. You’ve built careers, teams, programs, departments, reputations. And then one day you realize the role is not “too hard.”
It’s too small.
So, you start looking toward a second act. Consulting. Coaching. Fractional work. A solo business built on what you know, not what you can tolerate.
And here’s the part nobody says out loud: the hardest shift is not leaving the job. The hardest shift is leaving the identity you used to survive it.
This week I pulled a few recent reads that all point to the same reality. Women are not walking away because they “can’t hack it.” They are walking because they are ready to build something that finally fits.
The second act is not a vibe. It’s an infrastructure decision.
One Business Insider story highlighted a woman who used Big Tech as a deliberate reset, rebuilt savings, rebuilt confidence, then left to build again. That wasn’t impulsive. That was strategy. She used structure as a bridge, not a cage.
If you are transitioning, I want you to hear this clearly: freedom is expensive when you try to buy it with willpower alone.
Your second act needs systems. It needs money rules. It needs a plan for how you will sell. It needs a clear offer that is not built on people pleasing.
You do not need more motivation. You need support infrastructure that matches your responsibility level.
Your expertise is already monetizable, but you have to package it like an adult.
A lot of women leaving corporate underestimate the value of their intellectual equity because they are used to being paid for roles, not outcomes.
Corporate rewarded you for managing complexity.
The market rewards you for reducing complexity.
That means your next-level work is translation. Turning what you know into an offer someone can say yes to without needing a committee meeting.
If your offer sounds like a job description, it will sell like one. If it sounds like a result, it will move.
“Invisibility” doesn’t end when you leave corporate, it just changes outfits.
There’s a reason so many high-capacity women step into solopreneurship and still feel unseen. In corporate, invisibility can be bias, politics, or being overlooked while you carry the work. In business, invisibility can look like unclear positioning, overly broad messaging, or hiding behind perfection.
Here’s the truth: your clarity is your visibility.
Not louder marketing. Not chasing trends. Clarity.
Who do you help. With what. For what outcome. In what season. With what boundaries.
When that gets clean, the right people can finally find you.
AI is not the enemy, but it will expose your lack of structure.
Two things can be true at the same time. Many women are skeptical of AI for valid reasons, especially around bias and accountability. That skepticism is not weakness, it’s discernment.
At the same time, solopreneurs are using AI in very practical ways to protect their time, especially around writing, repurposing, and workflow support.
What I want you to take from this is simple: AI can support you, but it cannot save you from fuzzy thinking.
If you do not have a clear offer and a clear weekly rhythm, AI will speed up the wrong work. If you do, AI can help you move with consistency without sacrificing your health.
Risk tolerance is not about bravery; it’s about capacity and recovery.
One of the sneakiest moments in a transition is the surprise “safety offer.” A contract. A job. A consulting gig that pulls you back into split focus. The question is not, “Should I take it?” The question is, “What will it cost me to hold both?”
Resilience looks like choosing what you can sustain, then building from there. Not proving you can suffer.
Journaling Reflection Prompt (take 10 minutes)
Where am I trying to buy freedom with willpower instead of building infrastructure?
What is the clearest outcome I can own for my next 90 days?
What am I still doing out of habit, not purpose?
What support do I need that I keep pretending I do not?
This week’s CTC call to action
If you are in the second act shift and you are tired of carrying the thinking alone, come into Creative Tech Concierge.
Inside, we focus on decision-first clarity, offer simplicity, and practical systems that reduce the mental load. You also can get access to EssieLite™, your clarity companion, so you can tighten your direction, your messaging, and your weekly plan without spinning.
You do not need to be fixed. You need to be supported.
Life is good. God is good.
Sources
Alyson Isaacs used Big Tech as “startup rehab,” then left to build again (Business Insider, Feb 16, 2026)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-job-startup-rehab-rebuild-savings-entrepreneurship-2026-2
How solopreneurs are using AI to keep up with content demands (Business Insider, Feb 12, 2026)
https://www.businessinsider.com/solopreneurs-use-ai-to-boost-content-creation-efficiency-2026-2
The real reason women are skeptical of AI in the workplace, and how to address it (Forbes, Feb 12, 2026)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizelting/2026/02/12/the-real-reason-women-are-skeptical-of-ai-in-the-workplace-and-how-to-address-it/
Report: Women in tech and finance face higher AI displacement risk (The Guardian, Feb 4, 2026)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/04/women-tech-finance-higher-risk-ai-job-losses-report
A job offer after you quit, how to navigate career transition without losing momentum (Second Act Success, Feb 5, 2026)
https://secondactsuccess.co/2026/02/05/a-job-offer-after-you-quit-how-to-navigate-career-transition-without-losing-momentum/
