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A great coach accelerates growth—if the fit is right. Learn what coaching is (and isn’t), how to compare styles and credentials, and how to find a leadership coach who matches your style, your goals, and your budget.

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Coaching vs Teaching vs Therapy — What Is Better for Me?

If you’re looking for a coach, it’s useful to know the differences between coaching vs teaching vs therapy. All these learning pathways help people grow—but they do it in very different ways. There is a key difference between coaching and therapy and another difference between coaching and teaching. Understanding those differences will help you find the kind of support that actually gets results for you. A focus on self-discovery and self-learning is what differentiates coaching from other learning experiences. Coaching…

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Why Hire a Coach, and How to Find the Right Coach for You

If you have found this page, you are probably thinking about how to hire a coach, and particularly, how to hire the right coach to reach your goals. But before we get to how to hire a coach, let’s consider why you want a coach. Why Hire a Coach? Here are three questions to help you answer that question: If you feel you are as good as you can be, not interested in learning anything new, and ok staying right…

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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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