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.

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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

Thinking about how to get promoted often brings out our best instincts — ambition, motivation, and the desire to grow. But for high performers, it can also activate habits that quietly work against promotion. Many people assume advancement comes from working harder or speaking up more. In reality, leaders are promoted for how they make others feel: respected, trusted, aligned, and supported. If you’re aiming for your next step up, here are five promotion traps to avoid — and what…

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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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