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EMK Learning Solutions LLC was founded by Dr. Maurine Kwende, a former Chief Learning/Talent Officer whose passion is rooted in personal experience with toxic leadership and unhealthy workplaces. She saw firsthand how organizations struggle not because people don’t care, but because leaders often lack the empathy, tools, and frameworks to lead well from the top. These gaps fuel quiet quitting, burnout, and disengagement.
Backed by research and decades of practice, Dr. Maurine recognized that traditional, one-time training events are not enough. Real change requires strategic, continuous development anchored in culture and leadership.
EMK Learning Solutions exists to help leaders become the leaders they wish they had, fostering psychological safety and eliminating the root causes of quiet quitting and burnout. We are committed to transforming talent development from isolated events into a continuous, measurable, strategic investment.
With 25+ years of experience, we’ve supported hundreds of leaders and thousands of employees across corporate, higher education, and public sectors. Our work is recognized for quality and impact: EMK Learning Solutions is an approved provider of SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) and ASAE CAE credits.
Using our proprietary Echelon Framework a tiered, strategic process, we guide organizations from initial assessment to sustained readiness and cultural health. We don’t just deliver training; we partner with CLOs, HR and L&D leaders, Provosts, Deans, and other executives to build governance and learning frameworks that deliver measurable ROI.
We work with strategic executives and leaders who see talent development as mission-critical to organizational readiness.
Our clients include:
We offer a customized blend of strategic consulting, leadership development, and learning solutions to drive meaningful organizational change.
Learning Strategy & Consulting Transform your L&D function into a true strategic asset. We conduct learning needs assessments and culture scans to design measurable, high-impact training and instructional design solutions.
Build strong leaders at every level—from emerging leaders to executives—through leadership assessments, leadership cohort-based programs, and executive/leadership coaching.
High-impact, customized training and expert facilitation focused on immediate skill application, behavior change, and measurable ROI.
We partner with federal, state, and local agencies (directly or via sub-contracts) to ensure mission continuity and compliance through our full spectrum of learning and leadership solutions.
We are a specialized consulting firm using a proven, structured method to drive sustainable results.
By aligning leadership, culture, and learning strategy, we help you build an organization that’s not just prepared for what’s next—but ready to thrive in it.
Dr. Maurine Kwende is the driving force behind EMK Learning Solutions, transforming leaders and executives into the kind of inspiring figures people want to work for.
Dr. Maurine Kwende, is a leadership connoisseur who transforms leaders and executives into inspiring leaders through her consulting firm, EMK Learning Solutions LLC. With over 25 years of experience, she’s a sought-after speaker, executive leadership coach, trainer, consultant, educator, and author who empowers leaders and organizations to become places people want to work. She empowers higher education leaders, chief learning officers and corporate leaders so they can be equipped to self empower and empower others. Her signature EMK Leadership Academy equips leaders with the skills to become the kind of leaders people want to work for through cohort based programs, executive leadership coaching, training, consulting and instructional design.
Her expertise spans executive leadership coaching, leadership development, research, impactful training programs, strategic planning and innovative instructional design.
She is an ICF certified executive coach PCC, also a certified DISC and FACET 5 Consultant.
She holds a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies Design Research and a Chief Talent Officer Executive Certification from George Mason University.
Community Women Leader
From boardroom to building dreams:
When Dr. Maurine is not architecting leadership greatness, she champions young girls and women in her community, including those in the manufacturing industry, to dream big, take action, and reach their full potential through her non-profit, Girls Can Dream Big 2.
Highlights:
Jocas Lozada is a Graphic Designer at EMK Learning Solutions, where she creates engaging visual content that supports the company’s mission of empowering leaders, educators, and organizations. Her work includes designing social media graphics, presentation decks, marketing materials, and other brand assets that communicate ideas clearly and effectively. With a passion for visual storytelling and a keen eye for detail, Jocas combines creativity and strategy to deliver designs that inform, inspire, and make an impact.
Outside of her professional role, Jocas is an avid reader, book reviewer, and book content creator who enjoys sharing her love of literature with a growing community of fellow book enthusiasts. Through book reviews, recommendations, and coverage of literary events, she helps connect readers with stories that spark curiosity and meaningful conversations. When she’s not designing, creating content, or immersed in a good book, she enjoys spending time with her eight beloved cats, who bring plenty of personality and joy to her everyday life.
We don’t just provide solutions; we implement a strategy for sustained, measurable success. Your continuous leadership journey starts here.
