Communications

Even difficult conversations are easier and more productive when you use story telling and images.

Three Negotiating Mistakes—and How to Correct Them

Everybody negotiates. Avoid these three negotiating mistakes. We negotiate the big stuff, like salaries and contracts, and we negotiate the little stuff, curfews and who will do the dishes. From my years as an entrepreneur and my coach training, I’ve honed my negotiating skills.  I’m not supposed to make negotiating mistakes, but it happened to me recently. In the end, even though I got what I wanted, the whole process left me feeling that I was in the wrong. My…

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How a Vision Becomes a Reality

Today is the 25th anniversary of Sleepless in Seattle, and my husband, Gary Foster, was the driving creative force behind the film.  Of all the people I’ve learned from in my life, I’ve learned more from him than anyone else about the ability to collaborate, be tactfully assertive, and build a great team in order to realize a common goal and vision. Read his piece on what it took to turn a good script from a then-unknown writer into a…

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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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