Our world is rapidly changing.
Leaders and workers are more stressed than ever while organizations are struggling to engage their teams and retain their top talents.
Around the world, everyone is trying to overcome the mental toll of geopolitical conflicts, racial injustice, inflation, climate-related disasters, and more.
The vastness of change calls for transformative leadership at the front, back, center, and the sidelines.
We need leaders who can challenge the status quo; teams that can create shared value; and a wider systemic revolution that ensures no one gets left behind.
This is why Joyful Transformations® came to exist.
We are here to help leaders and organizations become future-ready through our customized solutions for leadership development and team development with a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) lens.
Our Sustainable Solutions
We know the high that immediately proceeds after team building wanes over time, and that Aha! moment in a coaching session could be lost in a slew of deadlines.
Our approach has always been about helping you create lasting solutions that can be integrated into your day-to-day.
ExCEL
Exceptional Changemakers and Emerging Leaders (ExCEL) is offered as a 1:1 or group coaching coaching program that is designed specifically for transitioning executives, managers, and emerging leaders from underrepresented groups.
Within a 9-month period, participants design their own transformation journey on 3 stacks: self-mastery, team leadership, and change leadership.
The program concludes with a personal capstone to be identified by the client.
Team Dev
Our team development programs combine workshops and coaching for leadership teams that are engaged in sustainability, ESG, or changemaking initiatives.
This engagement is customized based on the client’s desired outcomes. It typically takes a minimum of 6 months to complete an engagement from start to finish.
We only accept 2-3 team development clients per year.
About Us
Joyful Transformations® is a leadership development services provider, specializing in one-to-one, group, and team coaching with a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) lens.
Meet Our Founder
Hi! My name is Joyce Talag. I am a certified leadership and team coach, and owner of Joyful Transformations LLC.
My mission is to help changemakers from underrepresented groups flourish as whole person leaders who feel empowered to co-create equitable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.
This sense of purpose was ignited by some major life events—burning out from my last career and moving to the United States as an immigrant. Both of these transformative events happened within the context of a much broader disruption that was defined by geopolitics, AI and technological revolution, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since 2019, I have coached hundreds of executives and emerging leaders advance in their careers and navigate transitions with greater confidence while managing stress, improving relationships and gaining better clarity of purpose.
As an Asian immigrant and a woman of color, I am aware of the cultural mindsets and structural barriers that get in your way. Through Joyful Transformations, I wish to usher more underrepresented groups into higher leadership roles. I believe that diversity in board rooms leads to more thoughtful decisions that can save the destiny of humanity and our planet.
I bring to our coaching over 12 years of experience working on large-scale corporate social responsibility initiatives plus evidence-based training and continuing education with industry thought leaders and pioneers. I love exploring cities by foot, lounging on beaches and supporting local businesses. Most of all, I love my daughter, Kris, who is my greatest source of joy.
The Alchemy of
Joyful Transformations®Now with over 2,000 hours of coaching leaders, teams and partnerships through transitions, we discovered a simple yet potent formula for facilitating deep and lasting change.
The Alchemy of Joyful Transformations® is backed by evidence-based approaches. It consists of four interdependent parts, summarized by the acronym, I CAN:
Navigate uncertainty with courage and confidence by getting clear about your values, character strengths and purpose.
Internal compass
Strengthen your commitment and overcome the barriers that may limit your desire to show up and do the work.
Commitment
Deal with setbacks with greater resilience and agility by becoming aware of your blind spots and saboteurs.
Awareness
Next steps
Make your transformation happen with a solid action plan.
Quick Stats
Certified
by major global coach-accrediting organizations at Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Senior Practitioner levels
500+
clients in Fortune 500, tech companies, and humanitarian organizations in North America, Asia, and beyond
2,000+
professional coaching hours rendered for individual and team clients across the world since 2019
What Our Clients Say
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