Dixon Consulting Overview
Dixon Consulting is a Certified B Corporation.
Dixon Consulting has been a Certified B Corporation since December 2021, and we are the only B Corp specializing in total rewards consulting.
We specialize in total rewards solutions, services pricing, and anti-oppressive HR design for organizations. We also serve diverse leaders with executive and leadership coaching, salary negotiation coaching, and career planning.
Social justice is at the core of what we do.
When we design rewards systems, we encourage our clients to adopt anti-oppressive pay practices (like pay transparency and pay equity). Most of our individual clients are women, people of color, from the LGBTQIA+ community, or an intersectional combination. Our work centers and empowers them.
Our ultimate goal
is to reduce systemic bias in organizations and increase generational wealth for folks with identities that have been historically marginalized.
Key Experiences & Thought Leadership
Kate’s thought leadership in total rewards centers on reducing and removing systemic bias inherently present in pay and benefits; a concept she calls “Anti-Oppressive Rewards”.
Kate speaks frequently on Anti-Oppressive Rewards and their components to compensation professionals, HR leaders, and B Corporation leaders. Please click here to read a long-form blog post on the topic.
We bring these concepts into our design process; our clients select which elements to adopt.
Summary
Principal & Founder | Dixon Consulting
Leads a Certified B Corporation total rewards and leadership development consultancy specializing in compensation solutions, executive coaching, workshops, and teambuilding for organizations of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 100 companies.
Education
Purdue University
Master of Science in Human Resources Management Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
Certifications
- Certified Compensation Professional | WorldatWork (30+ years)
- Professional Certified Coach | International Coaching Federation (advanced designation)
- Kolbe Certified Consultant | Kolbe Corporation
- Hogan Certified Consultant | Hogan Assessments
Key Experience
Nike
- Managed Nike’s $4B+ global compensation programs (base pay, bonus, and equity awards)
- Led total rewards function for Asia Pacific/LatAm
Tektronix
- Managed global compensation programs and processes
- Partnered with Finance to successfully lead shareholder request for additional equity
- Presented regularly to Board of Directors on executive pay
Intel
- Through staff of 9, managed HR programs & services for 3,000 global employees
- Designed rewards and performance management for incubator companies
Summary
Senior Consultant | Dixon Consulting
Collaborates on executive pay, incentive plan, and organization design projects. Collects competitive data, analyzes market positioning, conducts client interviews, and recommends approaches for compensation and strategic planning projects.
Education
Duke University
Master of Management Studies
Skidmore College
Bachelor of Science, Business & Management
(Spanish minor)
Key Experience
Dixon Consulting
- Analyzes market data and develops competitive salary ranges for roles from individual contributor to executive level across various industries and organization sizes
- Synthesizes data from diverse sources and creates compelling data visualizations to communicate compensation insights and recommendations
District Management Group
(a management consultancy focusing on education solutions)
- Analyzed return on investments to determine academic program effectiveness
- Created initiative inventory tool for 2 California public school districts (Fresno Unified, Pasadena Unified) to organize $210M of strategic initiatives
- Conducted 130+ focus group sessions collecting qualitative feedback from key stakeholders
Recent Projects
Kate’s thought leadership in total rewards centers on reducing and removing systemic bias inherently present in pay and benefits; a concept she calls “Anti-Oppressive Rewards”.
Kate speaks frequently on Anti-Oppressive Rewards and their components to compensation professionals, HR leaders, and B Corporation leaders. Please click here to read a long-form blog post on the topic.
We bring these concepts into our design process; our clients select which elements to adopt.
Executive Compensation
CEO market analysis and recommendations
Other C-Suite market analysis and recommendations
Executive team total rewards review and recommendations
Executive short-term and long-term incentive design
Broad-Based
Compensation
Total rewards strategy consulting and design
Short-term & sales incentive plan design, including design alternatives, costing, and plan documentation
Sign-on and ongoing equity program market analysis and plan redesign
Sign-on cash program design and analysis
Anti-oppressive pay program analysis and redesign
Organization-wide job structure and leveling
Organization-wide market analysis and recommendations
Leveling criteria development
Compensation market analysis practices and process documentation
Total rewards communications and training
Pay transparency strategy development
Software engineering total rewards market study
Total rewards annual process design
Leadership Development and Facilitation
Strategic planning session design and facilitation
Teambuilding session design and facilitation
Performance management skills training design and facilitation
Career development framework design and manager training
Multiple Clients + Worked With Board
Multiple Clients
Kate Dixon is the Principal and Founder of Dixon Consulting, a Certified B Corporation leadership development and total rewards consultancy that specializes in salary negotiation coaching, service pricing advice, compensation solutions, as well as workshops and teambuilding for organizations of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 100 companies.
Kate helps leaders around the world become both more successful and more fulfilled through coaching, in-person workshops, and online courses where she teaches breakthrough strategies and techniques to accelerate leadership results.
She also provides strategic management consulting services, including new leader integration, teambuilding, organization design, and compensation consulting to her corporate and non-profit clients.
Kate’s the author of Name Your Price: Set Your Terms, Raise Your Rates, and Charge What You’re Worth as a Consultant, Coach, or Freelancer, and Pay UP! Unlocking Insider Secrets of Salary Negotiation.
Kate speaks for groups and gives podcast interviews on topics including pricing and terms for service providers, salary negotiations, authentic leadership, time management, leadership coaching, life planning, and gratitude. Download Kate’s speaker bio here.
Certifications
Professional Certified Coach
Certified Professional Coactive Coach
Kolbe Certified Consultant
Hogan Certified Consultant
Certified Compensation Professional
Resources
Leadership Blog
Ask Coach Kate
Business Book Club
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