Learning Culture

A learning culture encourages a growth mindset and psychological safety. It is the best way to help your employees learn what they need to succeed.

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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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What Business Coaching Is and Why It Works: The Proven Science That Helps Good Leaders Get Even Better

Most of my clients don’t know much about what business coaching is when they first start talking to me. Most people think coaching means getting advice from an expert. It’s not. The best business coaches don’t tell you what to do—they help you see what’s really going on so you can make better choices faster. Think of it as guided reflection that turns everyday experiences into growth. Key Takeaways for What Business Coaching Is If you only have a minute…

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How to Make Meetings More Engaging: 7 Leadership Habits That Inspire Participation

With a few small adjustments, you can inspire your team and make meetings more engaging. To make meetings more engaging, remember that you already know what you think. The meeting’s value lies in discovering what others see or know that you don’t. How to Make Meetings More Engaging No one likes boring meetings, and yet, according to research from Harvard, 71% of executives say meetings are unproductive or inefficient. According to their research, most meetings don’t encourage deep thinking on…

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A Leadership Guide to Better Decision Making: How to Find the Right Balance to Choose Wisely

Leadership decision making is a process—a way of managing the competing factors that pull every decision in different directions. Once you understand the fundamental pulls and build a process to get better information, you can make better choices again and again. The best decisions balance several tensions at once. Because people need to buy in, good decisions balance emotional information with rational analysis. Because innovation is exciting but uncertain, good decision makers balance new ideas with proven data. And because…

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Team Alignment: How To Build Better Teams and Exceed Expectations

When leaders build trust, demonstrate confidence, and practice empathy, team alignment becomes possible. Key Takeaways Team alignment drives performance. Here’s what matters most: Team alignment is what happens when everyone is working to achieve common goals with the least possible amount of friction. The result: great teams that pull together to exceed expectations. There is no wasted energy protecting turf, fighting internal battles, or advancing personal agendas. Instead, everyone is working hard and enjoying group success. Alignment at Work is…

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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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