The most connected teams deliver:
%
higher sales
%
more profit
%
less turnover
%
better performance
Sources: Gallup Q12, BetterUp, HBR
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Connection habits are a significant, sustainable amplifier of how you feel and how you perform.
I show leaders, teams, and anyone facing a curveball how to build them into daily life on purpose, before they need them.
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- CEOWORLD
- NBC Bay Area
- Medical Economics
- Cancer Today
Why leaders keep booking Joelle
$4B+
revenue led as CMO & CRO
100%
found her keynote valuable
94%
call it engaging
100%
client rehire rate
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Meet Joelle
Proven executive. Inspiring survivor. Rock-star speaker.
I spent 25 years leading marketing and revenue for companies worth billions, and I have faced cancer since I was 13. Both taught me the same lesson: the teams and the people who build real connection are the ones who come through. I help leaders, audiences, and anyone in the fight put that lesson to work.
On stage
She brings the room to life
Two Ways to Work Together
Whether you are filling a stage or building a leadership team, start here.
For event organizers
Speak at your event
Keynotes for leadership summits, sales kickoffs, and AI tracks. Your audience does not just leave inspired, they leave with a tool they use the next morning, and the app to keep it going.
For leaders and teams
Coach your leaders
The Curveball Method. A six-month program built on the PAUSE framework that turns tactical heroes into strategic leaders who deliver results without burning out. For teams, a full day on the Process Communication Model plus monthly check-ins to upgrade how they decide, collaborate, and hold each other accountable.
The signature idea, live
Try it in ninety seconds
Happiness Tripwires is my app for planting tiny moments of connection on purpose. Try one, and watch it bloom in someone's day.
What clients say
Our leadership team workshop with Joelle was one of the best sessions of its kind we could have imagined.
SVP Sales & GM, North America, Zuora
Joelle is an outstanding coach who efficiently transformed my life using Positive Intelligence tools and her deep leadership insight.
COO, KFF
Joelle refined my skillset in cultivating a growth mindset, and swiftly helped identify blind spots and translate insights into action.
SVP Marketing (fmr), Signifyd
Joelle is an invaluable sounding board, confidant, and accountability partner for go-to-market strategy and positioning.
CEO, Parcha.ai
Joelle is an incredibly effective CRO who balances accountability with high EQ and a deep understanding of the customer and market.
Chief Revenue Officer
Joelle cuts through complexity to deliver clear direction, bridging day-to-day actions with big-picture thinking.
Marketing leader
Facing your own curveball?
The book and the podcast
The same approach that beat my cancer is a playbook for anyone in the fight. Read Crushing the Cancer Curveball, or join me each week on the Kicking Cancer’s Ass podcast.
Latest
Fresh thinking, from both sides.
GTMFlow · Leadership
What the most connected teams do differently
The habits that turn connection into a measurable performance edge, and how to build them on purpose.
Kicking Cancer's Ass · Substack
What does it really mean to kick cancer's ass?
Not bravado. A way of being a partner in charge of your own journey, from the first appointment on.