Why People Question Your Best Answers
People will question your best answers if they’re afraid you don’t understand their problems. Even when you have the best solutions, and you know exactly how to make
October 14, 2026
Leadership Ideas
Leadership insights & stories
Practical coaching ideas, customer journeys, and tools to lead with confidence.
When Your Job Changes but Your Title Doesn’t
What do you do when your job changes and nobody announces it? When your company is in a growth phase, change happens organically. A team of 12 becomes
October 12, 2026
Feedback You Can’t Shake: What It Means When You Keep Hearing the Same Thing
Getting the same feedback at work is one of the hardest things to shake. It shows up in your review. You work on it. A year later it’s
October 9, 2026
Feedforward Instead of Feedback: A Better Way to Help Your Team Improve
Instead of feedback, try feedforward to get better results, even when the message itself is just as tough. Feedforward instead of feedback is one of the simplest shifts
October 7, 2026
Five Moments That Tell You It’s Time to Get Help With Your Leadership
Signs you need a leadership coach often show up at the end of the year. Most leaders don’t look for help because things are falling apart. They look
October 5, 2026
Check Out My New Website at Lisadfostercoach.com
If you’ve visited lisadfostercoach.com recently, you may have noticed something different — I’ve just launched a new version of the site. Nothing about why I do this work
October 2, 2026
Confidence After a Setback: What Being (Almost) Fired Taught Me
Have you ever built more confidence after a setback than you ever built by playing it safe? Confidence after a setback doesn’t usually feel like confidence while it’s
September 30, 2026
Fight, Flight, or Freeze: What’s Your Stress Response at Work?
Does your stress response at work follow the same pattern every time something gets tense? Most of us have a default stress response at work — a pattern
September 28, 2026
Good Leadership Starts With Confidence, Not Certainty
Leading with confidence has less to do with having the right answer than with how you handle the moment before you answer someone. Leading with confidence isn’t a
September 25, 2026