FACILITATOR PROFILE
Facilitator ID: OWH-F1032
Sanyika Calloway
Clearer conversations. Practical next steps.
Facilitator · Coach · Wellness Educator
Communication Styles
Workplace Mindfulness
Leadership Habits
Mental Health Awareness
Washington, DC area · U.S. Eastern Time · English · Domestic & international engagements
The request form adds OWH-F1032 as your first preference. Suitability, acceptance, and scheduling are confirmed individually.
About 30 years
Experience across corporate, nonprofit, government, and wellness settings
10+ years
Adult learning and facilitation focus
5
Core workshop areas
Communication · Self-awareness · Mindfulness · Leadership habits · Everyday support skills
About Sanyika
Sanyika Calloway is a facilitator, coach, and wellness educator who helps people understand themselves, communicate more clearly, and find practical ways to move forward together. Her approach is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and coachability: she brings experience into the room and also expects to learn from participants.
She brings approximately 30 years of experience across corporate, nonprofit, government, entrepreneurial, and wellness settings, with more than 10 years focused on adult learning and facilitation. Her work often centers on being heard, understanding expectations, navigating change, and working through differences.
She combines warmth, humor, thoughtful questions, and responsive group facilitation with a focus on something participants can realistically try after the session.
Education & Professional Preparation
Master of Arts in Psychology — Los Angeles Pacific University.
Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication — Norfolk State University.
Her professional preparation includes Everything DiSC® Certified Practitioner through Wiley; Dr. Tom LaHue’s Enneagram at Work coaching certification; Franklin Covey Leadership & 7 Habits certification; Certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator training; Mental Health First Aid; relationship coaching certification; and a 500-hour Master Yoga Teacher Certification through Holy Yoga International.
Her yoga and wellness experience includes restorative/yin, vinyasa flow, yoga with weights, breathwork, and meditation. Through OWH, her services focus on education, facilitation, coaching, organizational development, and wellness rather than clinical treatment.
Workshops & Learning Experiences
Five core workshop areas can be customized to the participants, organizational context, and agreed outcomes. Most workshops run 60–120 minutes, with half-day options for suitable programs. One-time workshops and recurring partnerships are both welcome.
Different Styles, Better Conversations
90–120 minutes or half day · DiSC-informed communication
Explore communication preferences, appreciate differences, and practice listening, feedback, and clear requests through a DiSC-informed learning experience.
Exercises connect familiar workplace misunderstandings with practical ways to respond and communicate more clearly.
Pause, Breathe, Choose
60–90 minutes · Practical Mindfulness at Work
Accessible mindfulness, breath awareness, and optional movement help participants notice stress and create space before responding.
Participation is adapted to the group, with respect for personal choice and a focus on practical awareness rather than clinical treatment.
Let’s Talk About Mental Health
60–120 minutes · Everyday Conversations That Matter
A customizable, independently developed workshop that makes mental health easier to discuss and builds confidence in asking for and offering everyday support.
An independent educational workshop focused on everyday support skills. Clinical treatment and crisis intervention fall outside its scope.
What’s Driving You? Enneagram at Work
90–120 minutes or half day · Motivations and familiar patterns
Use the Enneagram as a reflective lens for exploring motivations, familiar patterns, and how people relate to one another.
Discussion and activities invite self-awareness, curiosity, and practical reflection on working with others.
Personal Accountability & Leadership Habits
Independent workshops · Format agreed during scoping
Practical workshops on priorities, listening, collaboration, and taking responsibility for what is within one’s control.
Participants consider one realistic next step, what may get in the way, and the support they need to apply the learning.
Pre-engagement consultation, Everything DiSC assessment debriefing, individual and group coaching, and follow-up sessions are also available. Independent offerings use Sanyika’s own content and activities. Delivery of branded curricula depends on the appropriate authorization and materials arrangements.
Professional Experience
From 2023 to 2025, Sanyika supported USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance as a Training & Development Specialist. Her work included leadership development, communication, strategic planning, team development, and retreat facilitation with U.S.-based and international participants, delivered virtually and in person.
Her work with Active Minds spans more than five years and focuses on normalizing mental health conversations and strengthening everyday support skills: asking how someone is doing, listening with care, and recognizing that meaningful support does not require having every answer.
Additional experience includes Business Strategist and Lead Facilitator work from 2008 to 2021, contracted mediation and conflict-resolution work with the U.S. Air Force, leadership and communications in media, and a Director of Communications & Program Development role in a nonprofit setting. Her ongoing coaching practice includes individuals, couples, and recurring groups.
How Sanyika Approaches the Work
Before recommending a workshop design, Sanyika asks what is happening in the organization, where people are getting stuck, what is already working, and what would make a meaningful difference in their day-to-day work. She checks observations with participants and helps the group examine assumptions rather than treating first impressions as conclusions.
Her methods draw on DiSC, the Enneagram, experiential adult learning, active listening, mindfulness, and practical action planning. She adapts the approach to the audience and goals, invites quieter voices, and respects participants’ choices about what they share.
Possible outputs include clearer priorities, communication agreements, an action plan, or one realistic next step. Agreed follow-up may include summaries, resources, reflection prompts, coaching, or further sessions. Scope, preparation, materials, recording rights, cancellations, and follow-up are clarified before an engagement.
She takes responsibility for thoughtful preparation and responsive delivery, while participants retain ownership of their choices and leaders help make room for the practices they are asking people to adopt.
Organizational Fit & Service Boundaries
Sanyika welcomes organizations across corporate, nonprofit, government, education, healthcare, wellness, faith-based, and community settings. Audiences include executives, managers, emerging leaders, employees, educators, entrepreneurs, helping professionals, college students, and community groups.
Her strongest matches are organizations willing to invest in their people and participate in the process. She enjoys diverse groups where different perspectives, honest conversation, and practical learning are welcome, including clients who need to clarify goals or establish shared ground before scheduling.
Her work is educational and coaching-focused. Requests requiring clinical treatment, crisis intervention, legal advice, formal HR investigations, or expertise outside her background are referred appropriately.
Delivery, Technology & Availability
Sanyika is based in the Washington, DC area and works in U.S. Eastern Time, delivering professionally in English. She welcomes domestic and international engagements, with occasional early-morning or evening sessions arranged around existing commitments.
Virtual delivery is preferred for flexibility and reach. In-person programs are welcome, and hybrid delivery can be considered with appropriate technical support. Interactive virtual workshops typically include 6–24 participants; larger in-person groups may be possible depending on format and goals.
She is generally available on weekdays, with Friday mornings currently committed. Evenings and Saturdays are considered individually, and Sundays are generally unavailable. Two to four weeks’ notice is helpful; shorter-notice requests may be considered. Initial capacity is approximately 2–4 engagements per month, depending on preparation and scope.
Her regular tools include Zoom, Google Workspace, Circle, Calendly, and Fathom. She uses AI tools for brainstorming, drafting, and organizing ideas, with responsibility for finished work remaining with her. Current availability, format, technical needs, and scope are confirmed individually.
Facilitation Philosophy
Curious, compassionate, and coachable.
Sanyika values a partnership where people can be honest about what is working, what needs adjustment, and what is realistically possible. Participants have space to reflect, practice, and choose how they engage, while the organization supports learning beyond the session.
Understand the people and purpose
Explore the organization’s goals and the reality of participants’ daily work before deciding what will be useful.
Make room for participation
Bring warmth and thoughtful questions, notice the group’s energy, and respect choices about sharing.
Choose a practical next step
Identify something within participants’ control, anticipate obstacles, and agree appropriate support.
Read Sanyika’s full facilitation philosophy
My approach starts with three things I value deeply: being curious, compassionate, and coachable. I bring experience and expertise into the room, and I also expect to learn something from the people in it. I want to understand what the organization hopes to accomplish and what life actually looks like for the people doing the work. Where are they getting stuck? What’s already working? What would make a meaningful difference when they return to their day?
I bring warmth, humor, and room to breathe. People need space to ask questions, try something unfamiliar, and be honest about what’s challenging without feeling put on the spot. I pay attention to the energy in the room, invite quieter voices into the conversation, and adjust when something needs a different approach. If we’re exploring communication, we might unpack a familiar misunderstanding, notice the assumptions we’ve made, and practice another way to respond. I want people to recognize themselves in the learning and see where they can use it.
Before we finish, I want everyone to have something they can actually try. What’s one next step within your control? What might get in the way? What support would help? Depending on what we’ve agreed upon, I may provide resources, reflection prompts, a summary, or a follow-up session. I take responsibility for preparing thoughtfully, being present and responsive, and delivering what I promised. Participants need ownership of their choices, too, and leaders need to make room for the practices they’re asking people to adopt.
For me, a good workshop hub is a thoughtful connector. It takes time to understand the people on both sides of the introduction and considers the fit beyond a workshop title or a list of credentials. I’d want Online Workshop Hub to communicate clearly about the scope, compensation, preparation, cancellations, materials, recording rights, and follow-up before we commit. A direct conversation with the client helps us understand each other and shape something useful together. From there, I value the freedom to bring my professional judgment, methods, and personality to the work, with respect for the materials and ideas I’ve developed. If concerns come up, I’d expect the hub to listen fairly, help us work toward a resolution, and learn from the feedback.
A good organizational partner is willing to be honest about where they are. They don’t have to arrive with everything figured out. We can get curious together. If the goals are unclear, I might ask, “What’s happening now, and what would you like to see happen differently?” If resources are limited, let’s identify something meaningful we can realistically accomplish. If people disagree about what’s needed, let’s make space to understand those perspectives and find shared ground. Sometimes that conversation needs to happen before we’re ready to schedule a workshop.
During the session, organizations can give people time and space to participate, respect their choices about sharing, and have leaders model the openness they’re inviting. Afterward, they can support practice, welcome feedback, and keep the conversation going.
I want us to be able to say, “This is working,” “We need to adjust this,” or “Here’s what I can realistically offer,” and trust that there’s room for that honesty. That’s the kind of partnership I enjoy building.
Find a Useful Next Step for Your Team
Book a free 30-minute consultation to explore your organization’s needs and a potential match with Sanyika. Fit, scope, acceptance, and scheduling are confirmed before an engagement.
Mention OWH-F1032 during your consultation.