Motivation and a Culture of Performance

How to build environments where motivation is embedded in the team fabric. This skill integrates confidence, empathy, trust, alignment, and decision making to create sustained performance rooted in human purpose and real needs.

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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employee engagement vs employee satisfaction at work

Employee Engagement vs Employee Satisfaction: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters for Your Business

When comparing employee engagement vs employee satisfaction, which should you measure? If your company is still relying on employee satisfaction surveys, it may be time to shift toward measuring employee engagement — the metric most strongly linked to performance, retention, and profitability. For more than a century, researchers have tried to understand what helps employees thrive and what drives productivity. Today, most organizations focus on employee engagement, not satisfaction, because engagement is what truly predicts effort, innovation, and long-term value.…

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manager giving effective feedback in the moment

Effective Feedback: How Great Managers Help Their Teams Grow

If you want to give your team effective feedback that actually helps them grow, focus on making it future-forward, specific, and frequent. Most of us have negative experiences with feedback—criticism that felt harsh, vague, or demotivating. No wonder so many managers hesitate to offer it. But here’s the good news: research shows that when people receive meaningful employee feedback, they learn faster, perform better, and stay more engaged. So, the question becomes: How can we make giving feedback a positive,…

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How to Get Promoted: 5 Traps That Hold High Performers Back | Dec. 1

Thnking about how to get promoted can bring out the best in us — or the worst. Trying to figure out how to get promoted can bring out the best in us — ambition, motivation, the desire to grow. But it can also trigger habits that quietly work against us. Most people assume promotions come from working harder or talking more. In reality, leaders are promoted for how they make others feel: respected, included, aligned, and empowered. If you’re aiming…

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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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