Leadership Development for Organizations & Teams
Leadership with JOY gives your leaders a research-informed, human-centered system for leading under pressure — with pre/post measurement, so you can show your executive team exactly what changed.
What Your Organization Gets
Partnerships from $4,000 · Workshops from $3,000
The Organizational Reality
Most leadership training adds skills on top of an exhausted operating system. Leadership with JOY works on the operating system itself — how leaders think, choose, relate, and sustain their energy under pressure.
The result: leaders who make intentional decisions, build psychologically safe teams, and stay well enough to keep leading.
The JOY Leadership Model
JOY Leadership is the intentional practice of leading with purpose, authenticity, resilience, and wholistic wellness — making conscious choices aligned with your values, strengths, and desired impact. It is built around three connected pathways.
Pathway 1
Develop the leader within
Pathway 2
Lead and elevate others
Pathway 3
Expand authentic influence
Who We Serve
Teacher induction, leadership teams, early childhood programs, and family workshops that support educator retention.
Preparation and ongoing coaching for international and J-1 educators. Dr. JOY has supported 800+ international educators placed in U.S. schools.
Leadership development, burnout reduction, and team culture work with pre/post measurement your executives can trust.
Member and staff development, conference workshops, and multi-session programs aligned to your mission.
Partnership Tiers
Every partnership includes the needs survey, pre/post measurement, and an impact report, so you can show exactly what changed.
Tier 1
Starting at
For first-time partners testing the model
Tier 2 · Most Popular
Starting at
For partners with a defined semester focus
Tier 3
Starting at
For districts and organizations building long-term capacity
Prices are for virtual or Phoenix-metro delivery. In-person engagements elsewhere add airfare, lodging, ground transport, and per diem, billed at cost. · Encuesta en español →
Research-Informed Outcomes
Each pillar maps to a well-studied driver of performance and well-being.
Leaders who act from their values and choose with intention work from intrinsic motivation — the strongest predictor of sustained effort.
Deci & Ryan, Self-Determination Theory · Lyubomirsky, King & Diener, Psychological Bulletin (2005)
Authentic, emotionally intelligent leadership builds the trust and psychological safety high-performing teams depend on.
Avolio & Gardner, The Leadership Quarterly (2005) · Goleman, Emotional Intelligence (1995)
Burnout eases when people align values with work, experience a sense of control, and treat well-being as part of leading.
Maslach & Leiter (1997) · Bandura, American Psychologist (1982) · Shanafelt et al., Mayo Clinic Proceedings (2015)
How We Partner
You are not buying a single session. You are investing in a cycle that starts with your goals and ends with evidence.
30 minutes to clarify the survey answers and agree on measurable objectives.
A clear plan with options, investment, and logistics.
The JOY Team Assessment sets each participant’s baseline.
Dr. JOY delivers an engaging, research-grounded experience with practical tools.
The same measures plus application and next-step questions.
Baseline vs. post data across Spirit, Mind, Heart, and Body — with recommendations.
We review the report together, plus a 30-day pulse check-in, and plan your next step.
Workshop Formats
Available for L.E.A.D. with JOY®, S.H.I.N.E. with JOY™, and R.I.S.E. with Confidence™. Group rates cover up to 30 participants; larger teams receive custom pricing.
Prices exclude travel outside the Phoenix metro (billed at cost). Multi-session programs and team assessment packages are also available. Start with a discovery call →
Programs & Add-Ons
Add these to any partnership or request them on their own.
Pathway courses and ongoing coaching for districts and educator placement organizations, including international and J-1 educators.
1:1 coaching for the leaders you invest in, and certification for your internal facilitators so the work continues in-house.
Use JOY educator resources and tools across your school or training program with an organizational license.
JOY Team Diagnostics
Every engagement is grounded in data. Each leader is placed on the JOY Mindset® Quadrant by awareness and applied skills, and the team map shows where to invest first.
Load a sample team and see the full report: culture health score, quadrant map, domain averages, and development recommendations.
Try the Demo →For participants: a 25-question, 8-minute assessment across Spirit, Mind, Heart, Body, and Application, with instant personalized results.
Take the Assessment →Dr. JOY walks your leadership team through your real results and recommends the right next investment for your people.
Schedule a Debrief →What Leaders Are Saying
“Insightful and visually educational. Thank you for your efforts to cultivate JOY in relation to DEI — it is truly meaningful work.”
“A positive and mindful approach to leadership anchored in sound principles that support mental health and well-being for those who choose to lead.”
“We spoke with Dr. JOY after the NSHE Diversity Summit and immediately knew she was the right keynote speaker for our ECE Leadership Day.”
About Dr. JOY
The Messenger of JOY® and founder of JOY Journey Options YouChoose®. Dr. JOY brings 30+ years in education, an EdD in Organizational Leadership, and executive experience as VP of Support Services — including HR — to every engagement.
She has supported more than 800 international educators placed in U.S. schools, and she believes every leader needs to understand people systems, not just strategy.
“JOY is your free will. It starts with self-leadership.”
— Dr. Delphina JOYce Avila, Messenger of JOY®
Start with the free 10-minute Needs Survey. Then we meet for a 30-minute discovery call and you receive a proposal built around your people, goals, and calendar.
Prefer email? info@joyoptions.org · 623.850.2459