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A Leadership Framework for Leadership Skills, Motivation and a Culture of Performance

Why Leadership Feels Harder Than It Should — and Leadership Skills that Actually Help

A Leadership Skills Framework that Works as a System to Improve Results without Force or Pressure Leadership skills work together as a system to achieve the results your organization needs, and that every leader needs to be more effective. These skills build on one another and create a system for improving motivation, engagement, and performance. If one of your leadership skills is undeveloped, the whole system weakens. Leadership rarely fails because people don’t care or aren’t trying hard enough. More…

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A portrait representing Susan depicted in this customer journey

What Low Performers Actually Need From Leaders | Customer Journey: Susan, Part 2 of 6

To turn around low performers, Susan stopped focusing on what she needed from them and started focusing on what they needed from her.  Customer Journey Series: Susan This article is part of a customer journey series following “Susan,” a biotech sales executive navigating rapid organizational growth, leadership pressure, acquisitions, and team scaling. Each post explores a real coaching conversation or leadership challenge from that journey. This is the second post in the series. In one of our earliest conversations, we…

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An organizational leader ready for career growth

From High Performer to Organizational Leader | Customer Journey: Susan, Part 1 of 6

A biotech sales executive, Susan navigated two inflection points in six months— a promotion and a merger—to become an organizational leader. Customer Journey Series: Susan This article is part of a customer journey series following “Susan,” a biotech sales executive navigating rapid organizational growth, leadership pressure, acquisitions, and team scaling. Each post explores a real coaching conversation or leadership challenge from that journey. This is the first post in Susan’s series. Susan came to me at an inflection point. She…

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Lisa D. Foster, Ph.D. ACC  is an independent coach. As an Associate Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation, Lisa honors and abides by the ICF Code of Ethics.  All coaching sessions and consultations are confidential.

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