JOIFEL Consulting — Elevated Effectiveness

Offerings

Leadership and team development connected to real business outcomes.

JOIFEL engagements are designed to meet leaders and teams where they are, address the challenges they are facing now, and build capabilities that continue creating value over time.

How to Choose an Offering

Start with the outcome you need.

You may benefit from JOIFEL if you need to:

  • Make a difficult or high-stakes business decision
  • Strengthen a CEO or senior leader
  • Reduce founder dependency
  • Improve leadership team alignment
  • Resolve recurring communication friction
  • Prepare managers to lead more effectively
  • Build trust and accountability across a team
  • Facilitate an important strategy or planning conversation
  • Help a team navigate growth, change, or transition
  • Create a common language for communication and collaboration

Engagements can be delivered as individual coaching, facilitated sessions, stand-alone workshops, or multi-session programs.

At a Glance

Comparing JOIFEL's offerings.

A side-by-side view of format, fit, and commitment for each engagement.

Insights Discovery® Workshops
Format
Single facilitated workshop; in-person or virtual
Best For
Organizations, leadership teams, departments, cross-functional groups, and newly formed teams seeking to improve communication
Typical Commitment
One-time session — 90 minutes, 2 hours, or 4 hours
Leadership and Team Programs
Format
Multi-session program; in-person or virtual
Best For
Leadership teams navigating a shift in direction or leadership; newly formed teams; organizations in the middle of change; individual leaders ready to lead others more effectively
Typical Commitment
6–12 months — monthly 2-hour sessions, with activities in between
Strategic Facilitation
Format
Single facilitated session or retreat; in-person or virtual
Best For
Leadership teams needing an objective facilitator for a high-stakes planning session, retreat, or transition
Typical Commitment
One-time session — 90 minutes, 2 hours, or 4 hours
Executive Coaching
Format
One-on-one; in-person or virtual
Best For
Founders, CEOs, business owners, COOs, and senior leaders wanting an experienced, objective thinking partner
Typical Commitment
1-hour sessions, monthly or bi-monthly — 6-month minimum
Peer Advisory Boards
Format
Monthly group session plus individual coaching; in-person or virtual
Best For
Business owners, founders, and CEOs who value candid peer input and are willing to contribute their own experience
Typical Commitment
Ongoing — monthly board meeting + monthly individual coaching session

Not sure which one fits? See "How to Choose an Offering" above or start a conversation — you don't need to know the answer before reaching out.

01 — Insights® Discovery Workshops

Understand yourself. Adapt to others. Work better together.

Insights Discovery is a practical, accessible framework that helps people understand how they naturally communicate, make decisions, approach work, and interact with others. Based on the psychology of Carl Jung, the model uses four color energies to create a shared language for recognizing and adapting to different preferences.

The purpose is not to place people into boxes. It is to help them recognize patterns, appreciate differences, and become more intentional in how they work with others.

Fiery Red

Direct, decisive, results-focused

Sunshine Yellow

Enthusiastic, expressive, idea-driven

Earth Green

Supportive, steady, relationship-oriented

Cool Blue

Precise, analytical, detail-oriented

Participants learn to

  • Understand their natural communication and behavioral preferences
  • Recognize the preferences of others
  • Adapt communication style for different people and situations
  • Identify strengths and potential overextensions
  • Reduce misunderstanding and unnecessary friction
  • Improve collaboration across different styles
  • Give and receive feedback more effectively
  • Build stronger working relationships
  • Use differences as an advantage rather than a source of tension
Insights Discovery workshop materials laid out on a tableA workshop table set with Insights Discovery workbooks, cards, and building blocks

Workshop experience

Each participant may receive an individualized Insights Discovery Personal Profile based on an online evaluator. During the facilitated session, participants explore their profile, learn the color-energy framework, and apply the concepts to real team and business situations. Workshops are highly interactive and can incorporate:

  • Individual reflection
  • Pair and small-group exercises
  • Team mapping
  • Communication practice
  • Real workplace scenarios
  • Team commitments
  • Leadership application

Best for

Organizations, leadership teams, departments, cross-functional groups, and newly formed teams and companies seeking to enhance their communication and effectiveness.

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02 — Leadership and Team Programs

Move from individual awareness to collective performance.

Understanding communication styles is valuable. Applying that understanding to how a team actually leads, decides, and delivers is where the real impact shows up.

High-performing teams are not optional for organizations that need to deliver consistently — and the biggest gap is rarely effort. It is the distance between how people prefer to work together and how well they actually work together. JOIFEL's leadership and team programs build on Insights® Discovery to close that gap.

Programs may include

  • Discovering Team Effectiveness

    Explores four pillars essential to a balanced, high-performing team: Focus, Flow, Climate, and Process, helping teams identify their strongest and weakest areas and define their own development priorities.

  • Discovering Leadership Effectiveness

    Examines four leadership styles — Results, Visionary, Relationship, and Centred leadership — helping leaders find balance and understand how their color energy preferences shape the way they are perceived and lead.

  • Self-Aware Leader

    A leadership development experience connecting how leaders show up with how they lead, with direct impact on culture, collaboration, and productivity.

  • Thriving Through Change

    Helps individuals and teams build the adaptability and readiness to navigate organizational change, focusing on people rather than process so resistance gives way to genuine buy-in.

Each engagement begins with the business context and desired outcome. Content, exercises, and facilitation are then tailored to the team or leader.

Typical format

  • 90-minute focused sessions
  • Half-day or full-day workshops
  • Multi-session leadership or team programs
  • Leadership retreats
  • Virtual or in-person delivery

Best for

Leadership teams navigating a shift in direction, purpose, or leadership; newly formed teams that need to build trust and hit performance fast; organizations in the middle of change who need people ready and adaptable, not just informed; and individual leaders ready to move beyond self-awareness into how they lead others day to day.

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03 — Strategic Facilitation

Important conversations deserve intentional design.

When the stakes are high, the way a conversation is structured can determine whether the group reaches clarity or leaves with another round of unresolved issues.

JOIFEL facilitates leadership meetings, retreats, planning sessions, and team discussions so participants can focus on the content while an objective facilitator manages the process.

Facilitation may support

  • Strategic planning and annual or quarterly priorities
  • Leadership retreats
  • Team alignment and resets
  • Role and responsibility clarification
  • Decision-making
  • Organizational change, including post-acquisition integration
  • Difficult or sensitive conversations
  • Values and culture discussions
Christa Tuttle facilitating a strategy session

The facilitation process

  1. 01

    Clarify the outcome

    We define what the group needs to understand, decide, or commit to.

  2. 02

    Design the conversation

    We structure the agenda, questions, exercises, and decision points to support the intended result.

  3. 03

    Facilitate participation

    We create space for candid input, manage competing perspectives, and keep the group focused.

  4. 04

    Convert discussion into action

    We clarify decisions, ownership, next steps, and unresolved issues.

Best for

Leadership teams navigating a high-stakes planning session, retreat, or transition who need an objective facilitator to keep the group focused and produce a usable outcome.

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04 — Executive Coaching

Think more clearly. Lead more intentionally. Move forward with confidence.

Leading a business can be isolating.

The most consequential decisions are often the ones leaders cannot easily discuss with employees, investors, clients, or family members. At the same time, the pace of daily operations can make it difficult to step back and examine what the business truly needs.

Executive coaching with JOIFEL gives founders, CEOs, and senior leaders a confidential, structured environment to think, get clarity, and move forward.

Coaching may address

  • Strategic priorities and business direction
  • Founder dependency
  • Delegation and accountability
  • Decision-making
  • Leadership transitions
  • Succession and exit preparation
  • Personal fulfillment and sustainability

Christa combines thoughtful questioning, direct feedback, pattern recognition, and firsthand business experience. The work is tailored to the leader rather than driven by a predetermined curriculum.

Typical format

  • Recurring one-to-one coaching sessions
  • Clear priorities and commitments between sessions
  • Practical tools, frameworks, and resources
  • Accountability and progress review
  • Additional advisory support as desired

Best for

Founders, CEOs, business owners, COOs, and senior leaders who want an experienced, objective thinking partner.

Discuss Executive Coaching

05 — Peer Advisory Boards

Perspective you cannot generate alone.

Even highly capable leaders have blind spots. A peer advisory board provides access to the experience, questions, and perspectives of other business owners and CEOs who understand the realities of leadership. Through JOIFEL's work with The Alternative Board, a global peer advisory network, members participate in structured, confidential peer advisory sessions and individual coaching.

Members use the group to

  • Work through significant business decisions
  • Identify risks and blind spots
  • Learn from the experience of other leaders
  • Strengthen accountability
  • Evaluate opportunities
  • Address leadership and team challenges
  • Maintain focus on long-term priorities
  • Reduce the isolation that often comes with ownership

The value does not come from being told what to do. It comes from being challenged to think more broadly, examine assumptions, and make better-informed decisions.

Typical format

  • Monthly facilitated peer advisory board meeting
  • Monthly individual coaching session
  • Structured goal-setting and accountability
  • Confidential discussion with experienced business leaders
  • Access to strategic planning tools and resources

Best for

Business owners, founders, and CEOs who value candid peer input and are willing to contribute their experience to others.

Explore a Peer Advisory Board

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about JOIFEL's offerings and engagements.

What's the difference between executive coaching and a peer advisory board?

Executive coaching is a confidential, one-on-one relationship focused entirely on the individual leader's decisions, challenges, and goals. A peer advisory board is a structured group experience where business owners and CEOs learn from each other's perspectives and experience, paired with individual coaching. Many clients use both at the same time for different kinds of support.

What's the difference between Insights Discovery® Workshops and Leadership and Team Programs?

Insights Discovery Workshops are typically the starting point — a single, foundational session that helps individuals and teams understand their own and others' communication styles. Leadership and Team Programs build on that foundation with deeper, often multi-session work that applies those insights to specific leadership or team challenges over time.

How long does a typical engagement last?

It depends on the offering and the need:

  • Strategic facilitation sessions and the Insights Discovery foundations workshop are often completed in one session, with common lengths of 90 minutes, 2 hours, or 4 hours. Team Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness, Sales Effectiveness and Thriving Through Change workshops are typically 4 or 8 hours in length each.
  • Leadership and team programs often run 6-12 months, with monthly 2-hour sessions and actionable activities in between.
  • Executive coaching sessions are typically one hour each, occurring monthly or bi-monthly, with a six-month minimum commitment.

Are JOIFEL's services delivered in person or virtually?

JOIFEL's offerings can be delivered either in person or virtually, depending on the client's preference and timing. Where possible — especially for workshops and facilitated meetings — in person is preferred.

How much does it cost to work with JOIFEL?

Cost depends on the offering, the scope of the engagement, and the size of the team or organization involved. The best way to get an accurate estimate is to start a conversation about your specific situation, and JOIFEL will recommend the right format and provide pricing from there. JOIFEL also supports nonprofits with a significant discount on services.

Do I need to bring my whole team, or can I start with just myself?

Either approach works. Executive coaching and peer advisory boards are built around individual leaders, while Insights Discovery Workshops and Leadership and Team Programs are designed for groups. For organizations that want to experience a workshop or program before rolling it out company-wide, JOIFEL will often start with the leadership team.

What if I'm not sure which offering is right for my situation?

That's a common starting point, not a barrier. JOIFEL's process begins with understanding the business challenge, the people involved, and the outcome you're looking for — then recommends the offering or combination of offerings that fits, rather than asking you to choose in advance.

Does JOIFEL only work with founders and CEOs, or also with leaders and teams?

JOIFEL works across all levels of an organization. While executive coaching and peer advisory boards are built specifically for founders, CEOs, and senior leaders, offerings like Insights Discovery Workshops and Leadership and Team Programs are designed for leaders, individual contributors, and full teams as well.

Not sure where to begin?

You do not need to diagnose the solution before contacting JOIFEL. Start with the business challenge, the people involved, and what you would like to be different. We will determine the most useful place to begin.

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