Emotional Awareness - Lisa D. Foster, Leadership Coaching & Training

Self-Awareness in Leadership: Why Your Team Isn’t Responding—Even When You’re Clear

April 3, 2026

What Is Emotional Self-Awareness at Work (and Why It Drives Results) Emotional self-awareness problems often show up as communication problems. Most leaders don’t think they have a communication problem. They feel clear. Direct. Reasonable. And yet—They have to repeat themselves.Deadlines slip.People nod in meetings but don’t follow through. So the question becomes: Why isn’t my team responding? This is where many leadership challenges begin—not with strategy or effort, but with something harder to see: A gap between how you think…

The Feedback Signals You’re Missing as a Leader (And Why They Matter More at Senior Levels)

If you’re missing feedback signals as a leader, it’s a sign of your own growth. Learn to listen differently to grow more. At some point, nearly every leader misses a feedback sgnal. There was a moment when I, too, found myself missing feedback signals as a leader. Here’s a story of how I missed a signal and made a decision that nearly cost me my company—and what I learned that helped me grow further. I remember announcing the decision and…