POWER UP YOUR Purpose
Unlock your organization’s potential to succeed on your mission. Partner with us to integrate business strategy with human potential, refine decision making, enhance adaptability, and unlock leadership and organizational excellence.
Our Services
Executive Coaching
1:1, group, and team coaching that enables diverse leaders to thrive in VP and C-Suite positions.
Facilitation
Human centric meeting experiences that bring people together to create new knowledge for a purpose.
Consultancy
Coaching, team development, change management, and retreat design to drive innovation, impact, and lasting business results.
SPOTLIGHT TESTIMONIAL
“From the outset, Lisa's strategic and innovative approach has been nothing short of remarkable. She exhibits an innate understanding of our organization's objectives and participant needs, and uniquely blends these insights to create programs that are not just informative but also transformative. She navigates complex topics with ease (strategically and on-the-spot), fostering an environment that encourages active participation and promotes learning. But what truly sets Lisa apart is the impact her work has had on our diverse and highly skilled group participants.”
Femily Howe, Gender Equity Tech Advisor
Executive coaching
Lead Your Way, Get Results, and Thrive
The Challenge… You know the value of clear, bold, and innovative leadership, but the complexities of navigating complex cultural landscapes, the personal and professional cost-benefit analysis of showing up as your whole self, and unrealistic external expectations are making your success feel more like survival.
The Solution… We deliver personal and professional transformation that allows female and diverse leaders to go beyond success and THRIVE!
In partnership, we will clarify your goals and define the outcomes that will create visible results. Common topics include redefining who you aspire to be as a leader, exploring personal and professional transitions, achieving the professional freedom that allows you to thrive, and identifying strategies to release perfectionism and cultivate a more balanced life—one that prioritizes health, joy, and personal fulfillment alongside professional success.
LJA employs a transformational coaching model grounded in neuroscience, belonging, and performance to deliver bold, direct, creative, and impactful results.
Our Coaching Services:
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A tailored coaching partnership that empowers you to drive meaningful results through presence, self-awareness, strategy, and bold, values-driven decision-making.
Executive Focus: 6 Sessions
Targeted, short-term, and designed to address a specific leadership challenge or opportunity. Ideal for leaders seeking immediate clarity and impact.
Leadership Accelerator: 9 Sessions
A structured coaching program to help you boost team performance through leadership capacity, influence, and strategic thinking.
Leadership Transformation: 12 Sessions
This 12-session program provides the time and space to dig deep, define YOUR vision of a successful future then align it with your personal and professional identity to create a clear path to leadership transformation.
Executive Legacy: 18 sessions
A comprehensive, long-term engagement to help you build an enduring legacy that shapes the future of your personal life, organization, and industry.
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Help your team grow, collaborate, and tackle challenges together. Through open dialogue and a strong sense of belonging, our coaching unlocks diverse perspectives, drives key initiatives, and delivers lasting business impact.
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A long-term team coaching partnership with LJA gives your leaders the space to reflect, the tools to grow, and the strategic guidance to lead with confidence. It’s for organizations that aren’t just chasing the next milestone—they are challenging the status quo to transform industries and systems, and bring innovative ideas to life.
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DISC
Hogan
Intercultural Development Inventory
Leadership Circle
6 Team Conditions
Strategic Consultancy
CREATE Lasting Impact
The Challenge… You’re a diverse female founder or executive navigating early growth, rapid change, or complex cultural dynamics. You have the vision—but limited time and support to fully realize your team’s potential and impact.
The Solution… We help you turn vision into action. We support diverse senior leaders and founder-led organizations through career transitions, new initiatives, and transformation.
Blending systems thinking, inclusive practices, and intensive coaching, we help you to create an energetic, action-oriented culture at every level of your organization.
Our consultancy services include executive coaching, high-performing team development, organizational change, and inclusive retreat design—all to drive innovation, impact, and lasting business results.
Sample CONSULTING Services
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Organizational development that builds a culture of continuous improvement, developing the skills, teams, and leadership to achieve business goals.
Support for defining or refreshing organizational vision, mission, and core values to guide strategy and culture.
Guidance to help organizations navigate change, align stakeholders, and sustain transformation efforts.
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High-performing team development for cross-sector organizations
Co-planning and implementation for team development retreats and off-sites.
Facilitation of sessions that enhance trust, communication, and collaboration among teams.
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Building belonging for innovation, impact, and solid business outcomes.
Design and implementation of strategies to build inclusive, purpose-driven, high-performing cultures.
Employee Engagement and Feedback Systems design using tools and processes to gather, analyze, and act on employee feedback.
EMERGENT Facilitation
Shift ideas into Action
The Challenge… When teams face change, tension, or stagnation, meetings can fall flat—lacking clarity, trust, or forward motion. Even high-performing leaders can struggle to create space where tough conversations lead to real progress.
The Solution… Emergent Facilitation creates the conditions for real movement. Rooted in the work of International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Core Competencies, Design Thinking, and Liberatory Design, this approach builds adaptive, inclusive environments where collective insight and innovation emerge organically.
At LJA, we use this approach to plan and run meetings that matter. We bring structure and clarity without rigidity—making space for diverse perspectives, honest dialogue, and co-created solutions. Whether you're navigating complexity, conflict, or change, our emergent facilitation helps your team build trust, align around shared goals, and leave each session with clear, actionable outcomes.
Sample Facilitation services:
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A collaborative, inquiry-based approach that utilizes dialogue to build shared understanding, collective sense-making, and new possibilities that guide transformational change:
Appreciative Inquiry
Circle Practice (the Circle Way)
Liberatory Design
Open Space Technology (OST)
World Café
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We help teams strengthen communication, alignment, and collaboration—especially when tensions rise or goals feel out of reach.
Our tailored approach builds trust, fosters open dialogue, and unlocks fresh thinking. By centering belonging and connection, we create space for every voice, driving stronger solutions and lasting team performance.
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Our custom retreats give teams space to reflect, reconnect, and align on what matters most. Designed around your goals—whether it’s collaboration, change, or innovation—they foster belonging, surface every voice, and spark clarity and momentum for lasting impact.
Non-profits
Philanthropies
Policy Institutions
Social Enterprises
Education
NGOs
Non-profits Philanthropies Policy Institutions Social Enterprises Education NGOs
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"We at the National Equity Project are proud that she is one of our Equity Fellows and know we can call on her for a wide range of projects involving equity leadership development, group facilitation, professional learning, and coaching. I am confident to recommend Lisa for a wide range of projects."
Lisa Lasky, Managing Director at National Equity Project
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"Transformative. Within a month of my last coaching session with Lisa, I received a promotion. She gave me tools and was able to give me real time sessions from current experience in the workforce. Most importantly, Lisa let me be me. I will forever be grateful how she helped me align and achieve a small portion of my goals in such a short period of time. If you are looking to be transformed look no further; Lisa is the perfect person for you."
Kiomi Addo, Director, Portfolio Team Lead, Hematology/Oncology
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"One of the things I most value about working with Lisa is her ability to infuse equity leadership and coaching into every aspect of her work. She designs adult learning and development experiences that build relationships across difference and increase the capacity of both individuals and teams."
Alysse Castro, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools
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"Lisa recognizes the art of group interactions that activate new ideas to think about in a calm and mindful style, which is genuinely appreciated by our group. She navigates the diverse needs of executives adeptly, manages complexity, and ensures impactful outcomes for all members' personalities."
Julie Krommenhoek
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"I have found Lisa to be extremely thoughtful, self-reflective and intentional in her work. She also has the capacity to note where change is called for, and to make those changes transparently. This is not easy work, but Lisa does it with grace and generosity."
Layli Shirani, Senior Staff Attorney, Civil Rights at CAIR-CA
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"Lisa's thoughtful approach fosters environments where individuals feel valued and inspired to perform at their best. Lisa would be a tremendous asset to any organization committed to nurturing strong, empowered leadership."
Rashmi Dixit, Coaching and Organizational Development Professional
