Unleash
The Power
of We.
About us.
What we do.
y’s change is an organizational coaching and consulting firm with a deep commitment to racial equity and collaborative leadership. Our mission is to help visionaries effect the systems change they envision by harnessing the wisdom and power of the collective to solve big, complex social problems. Our approach is multi-faceted, combining more than 25 years of experience in organizational development, systems coaching, and consensus-building to help organizations heal and take a strong stance for race equity.
What we Believe.
y’s change believes in YOU.
At the heart of our work is the belief that people are creative, whole, and inherently wise. Our coaching – whether for individuals, teams or systems – allows for a human-centered approach grounded in listening.
y’s change believes in the Power of WE.
We connect the individual threads of good intentions to create holistic systems that support vulnerable communities.
y’s change believes in the Dream.
We champion visionaries who aspire to make a difference. Founded on the principles of social justice, collaboration, and belonging, our mission is to support the community of changemakers to tackle big, wicked social problems that no one can transform on their own.
y’s change believes in coaching for systemic healing.
Trained in restorative and healing practices, our coaching lens allows for a human approach to support organizations to move the needle toward positive social change. Transformation requires a certain amount of brave determination to address deep-rooted, sensitive issues. When skillfully mediated, it allows relationship systems to trust and move in deep, meaningful ways.
Our Services.
INDIVIDUAL COACHING.
Stand fully in your authority as a leader even when you don’t feel like you know what you are doing. Our coaching will expand your understanding of yourself as we guide you on how to influence staff, peers, decision makers and those outside your sphere.
TEAM COACHING.
Work synergistically in collaboration with others to solve big problems that no one can solve on their own. Our facilitated coaching sessions support the group to work at its best by developing values-based agreements & practices, increasing collaborative leadership & positive communication, clarifying roles and discussing “no way, toxic” topics that when addressed, move teams to trust one another.
RACE EQUITY COACHING.
Cultivate an atmosphere of belonging. In these prevalent times of othering, organizations are called to advocate for those historically vulnerable communities and yet, surprisingly find themselves experiencing a troubling us versus them dynamic from within. Centered by basic goodness, our coaching helps us to first see ourselves AND others as fully human. We train our clients to develop skills to navigate through conflict and develop muscles of transparency, authenticity and complexity. By defusing defensiveness, groups move into brave, authentic, meaningful dialogue – and ultimately healing.
Our Clients.
Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Bay Area Association of Social Services Consortium
Beats, Rhymes and Life
Beautiful Minds Wellness
City of Berkeley
City of Oakland
City of Richmond
Defy Ventures
ETR
Faces for the Future
Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Healthy Richmond
The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Napa County Health & Human Services Agency
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Sierra Health Foundation
Two Furnish
UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
Youth Uprising
Who We Are.
Yvette Leung
Principal
Yvette is a master coach and healer, passionate about combining her systems coaching and restorative modalities to support individuals and organizations come fully into their best potential.
Her experiences as a health translator for her immigrant parents, and her work at two federally qualified health centers taught Yvette the importance of deep listening. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that the voices of young people, residents, service providers and those historically vulnerable communities are heard…whether at public system planning forums and decision-making tables.
As a coach, Yvette supports her clients to fully embody their power and authority as leaders of culture. As a Facilitator for the UNtraining.org, Yvette has led complex discussions among both BIPOC only and mixed race participants on issues of race, bias and proximity to whiteness.
Yvette became a certified organizational coach after salvaging a broken strategic planning process of an inter-departmental committee working on behalf of youth and young adults detained in the juvenile justice system. The planning was successful only after repairing the historically broken relationships in the room. Experiencing the impact was life changing and catapulted Yvette down the path toward a certification in organizational coaching and subsequently, conflict mediation and other healing modalities.
Prior to being a coach, Yvette was best known for her large-scale strategic planning efforts that created a city-county-school district partnership to support Alameda County’s School Health Services movement and Juvenile Justice Reentry Partnership. Yvette possessed an incredible knack for systems think, fund development, and seamlessly connecting multi-sector children’s initiatives for youth and families. Her passion and creativity led to the exponential growth of the Alameda County School Health Initiative from a $1 million annual budget to a $27 million annual budget in FY 2011-2012.
Yvette earned her Masters in Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley and is certified as an Organizational & Relationship Systems Coach from the Center for Right Relationship Global, a systems coaching program accredited by the International Coaching Federation. Yvette is a Facilitator for the UNtraining, a certified conflict mediator through SEEDS Community Resolution Center and has advanced training in Restorative Justice, Family Constellations and energy work.
Yvette is also Co-Founder of Albany Uprising, an organized group of concerned citizens working together to influence policymakers to acknowledge its past racist wrongdoing and boldly advocate for an anti-racist, progressive city agenda.