Motivation

Motivate your team with self-esteem, which makes them feel better, and self-actualization, which encourages them to try harder.

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Why Mentoring Is Core to Senior Leadership

On the best teams, leadership mentoring is a daily habit — not an occasional perk. In many organizations, leadership mentoring has quietly fallen by the wayside. Leaders say they don’t have time.Meetings pile up.Pressure increases. Mentoring becomes something leaders intend to do—later. And yet, the strongest senior leaders I know mentor constantly. Not through formal programs.Not through scheduled sessions. But through how they show up in everyday conversations. Key Takeaways Why leadership mentoring matters more at senior levels This post…

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When You’re Too Valuable to Promote, Leadership Mentoring Is the Move

When the missing skill is leadership mentoring, leaders can stall even if when they and their teams are high performing. Leadership mentoring is an essential leadership skill, one that often gets short shrift in busy organizations when everyone seems to be stretched to their limit. Ironically, even in great organizations, leaders can plateau when they have built something that’s working exceptionally well. In fact, I’ve spoken to several team leaders who have passed up a chance at promotion because they…

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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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