Her Superpowers

Joan is a dynamic and engaging speaker with a unique ability to connect with diverse audiences in English, español, ou en français if you get to convince her. Whether addressing a large, live audience, delivering inspiring talks online, or interviewing one-on-one, she gets everyone thinking and gifts actionable insights.

Her talks are known for being thought-provoking, relatable, and full of energy, making her a sought-after speaker for conferences, workshops, and panels on all topics listed below.

15-20 minutes is what she needs to address your audience as questions are the most powerful tool after her engagements.

Public Speaking

Don’t forget she’s a Psychologist by training and a Project Manager by choice, which makes her a master at guiding conversations, discussions, and driving to meaningful conclusions and actions. Whether facilitating difficult conversations or team retreats, moderating panels, or leading roundtable discussions, she creates a space where all voices are heard and ideas flow freely. Joan’s abilities to navigate complex conversations, keep participants engaged, synthesize takeaways, and achieve consensus wow whomever gets to witness it.

2-3 hours of facilitation is what she needs to find the nut and untie it with you.

Facilitation & Moderation

Joan has spent over a decade honing her skills as a trainer, delivering practical and impactful learning experiences across sectors. Her training sessions are engaging and interactive, designed to build skills that participants can immediately apply to their work. Joan is known for blending theory with real-world examples, ensuring that her training not only informs but also transforms how people approach their roles.

1-2 hours is what she needs to teach you a particular skill and get you to practice.

Training

As an advisor, Joan leverages her extensive experience in ventures of all kinds throughout 7 countries, leadership, failure, sports, travel to 49 countries, equity, and more, to provide strategic guidance. She helps leaders and teams navigate challenges and make well-informed decisions to plan for the future with confidence. Her advise is practical, actionable, and tailored to the unique needs of each organization, ensuring that they are equipped to create lasting, meaningful change.

You will want to have her on retainer for quick calls or texts to solve some of your problems. Or else, 30-60 minutes will be enough for a first conversation and then schedule more if needed ;)

Strategic Advisory

She loves working closely with people, whether individually or in small groups, helping them clarify goals, overcome challenges, and develop strategies for their own definition of success. Her coaching usually focuses on fostering self-confidence, encouraging tough reflections, and guiding people to unlock their full potential in life; always taking into account what people can do well, what they enjoy, and what needs to be done.

Tough love? Maybe. Radical Candor, for sure. Joan’s style is a blend of empathetic listening, hard questions, and actionable advice, tailored to each person’s unique needs.

5 1-hour coaching sessions is what she needs to lead you toward where you want to go.

Coaching

Joan has a talent for helping teams and individuals become better and more effective in their roles. She identifies gaps in knowledge or ability, and quickly tailors ways to tackle the needs and improve the outcome. From refining your messaging to cleaning up choreography, she loves improving what’s already good.

This is beautifully random on purpose as she truly enjoys giving quick tips and improving results on the spot.

Upskilling

Your Skills

Joan leads with compassion and empathy, while demanding great and timely results. She can teach current or upcoming leaders how to create work environments that are not just productive but also diverse, equitable, supportive, inclusive AND fun.

Key Focus Areas:

Leading with Empathy – Building Trust and Open Communication – Vulnerability is Strength – Creating Inclusive and Supportive Work Cultures

Humane Leadership

Having traveled across 49 countries in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa, Joan knows how to prepare for a transformative journey. She offers practical tips on everything from packing efficiently and navigating logistics, to staying flexible and open to new experiences. Joan also emphasizes the importance of travel as a learning tool, using each trip to gain new perspectives and grow both personally and professionally.

Travel Tips Include:

Packing Essentials – Navigating Different Cultures and Customs – Staying Organized and Flexible During Travel

Learning to Travel (Traveling Tips)

She strongly encourages everyone to step outside of their comfort zone no matter what your economic possibilities are. One can travel in its own neighborhood, town, city, country, continent or even further away. She can teach you how to embrace travel and feeling like a foreigner as a tool, encouraging you to dive into unfamiliar environments, engage with diverse cultures, and build resilience as you explore new versions of yourself.

Key Learning Areas:

Seeking to understand – Embracing the Unknown for Personal Growth – Learning from Diverse Cultures and Experience – Building Resilience and Adaptability

Traveling to Learn (Embracing The Unknown)

Joan is a natural connector, helping people get to know each other better and come together to build strong, inclusive communities where everyone belongs. She shares strategies for creating spaces where individuals from diverse backgrounds can learn, have fun, and share their perspectives (for fun or to reach a particular goal).

Community Building Insights and Tips (note that she’s not an event planner):

Curated Agendas – Event Materials – Experiences to Enhance your Gatherings – Inclusive and Accessible Spaces – Calls to Action for Participants

Community Building (Bringing People Together)

To top it all off, Joan was a jazz and tap dancer at some point, a spinning instructor, and now a yogi, a runner, and an avid latin-music-dancer. Although these things are part of her life to stay healthy and have fun, she now understands how important they are to her mental health and her resilient leadership so you can talk about that too and she can hold you accountable for whatever plan you make.

Activities she enjoys:

Yoga – Running (for half marathons or less) – Dance – Hiit classes – Hiking, even better if it’s an active volcano – Paddle boarding

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