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Pre-Meetings: Where Senior Leaders Build Alignment Before the Room

Pre-Meetings Are Where Alignment and Ownership Really Begin Pre-meetings are the unspoken discipline of senior leaders. At senior levels, meetings are not where ideas are formed.They’re where ideas surface. The real work happens beforehand — in a series of intentional conversations that allow leaders to test assumptions, listen for concerns, and refine thinking before anything is discussed in a group setting. I call these discussions pre-meetings. They are an essential part of getting meaningful work done. Key Takeaways Pre-Meetings at…

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Why Senior Leadership Is a Team Sport

Senior leadership effectiveness depends less on individual capability and more on how work is shared and sustained. For much of a leadership career, success is built on personal capability. You learn fast.You take responsibility.You solve problems. That identity—the person who gets things done—is often what earns leaders their first big opportunities. At senior levels, however, that same strength can quietly hold you back — because senior leadership effectiveness depends less on individual capability and more on how work is shared…

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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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