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

Emotional self-awareness is the most important skill for leadership effectiveness.

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Decision Making in Leadership: Why You’re Not Being Pulled Into Bigger Decisions

April 29, 2026

You’re Solving Problems—But Not Being Asked to Decide You may be making good decisions every day. In your role, you’re solving problems, moving work forward, and contributing in meetings. But decision making in leadership isn’t just about making good calls in your own work. It’s about how others see you when bigger decisions are being made. And that’s where something can start to shift. When those decisions happen, you’re not always in the room. Or if you are, you’re not…

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Leadership Confidence: How Gaps in Confidence Show Up in Your Track Record

April 15, 2026

Confidence and Managing Yourself

Your Track Record Reveals If Your Leadership Confidence Breaks Under Pressure You may already have strong leadership confidence. You’ve earned your role. You know your work. You’ve proven yourself over time. But under pressure—something shifts. In a tense meeting, you hesitate.When challenged, you get defensive.In complex situations, you go quiet or pull back. And while it may feel like a small moment to you…to others, it raises a bigger question: Can they trust you when it really matters? This is…

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Self-Awareness in Leadership: Why Your Team Relies on You More Than Each Other

April 11, 2026

Confidence and Managing Yourself

Self-awareness in leadership helps you create the right kind of presence with your team—not too close, not too far. Self-awareness in leadership helps you create the right kind of presence with your team—not too close, not too far. Paired with empathy, it allows you to support your team without becoming the center of everything. Many leaders work hard to build strong relationships with their team. They’re available. Responsive. Supportive.They step in when things stall. They help people move forward. And…

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Confidence in Leadership: Why Strong Leaders Still Stall

March 27, 2026

Confidence and Managing Yourself

Confidence in leadership doesn’t mean becoming someone else. It means trusting that you can handle what comes next. Confidence in leadership is often misunderstood. Many leaders who plateau are not lacking skill. They understand strategy. They build trust. They align teams. They make solid decisions. But confidence in leadership at senior levels is different. It’s not about expertise. It’s about self-awareness under pressure and trusting your own judgment when information is incomplete or conditions are ambiguous. Confidence in leadership…

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Why Mature Leaders Ask Better Leadership Questions — and Fewer of Them

February 20, 2026

Alignment and Effective 1:1s

Mature leaders use leadership questions to shape thinking rather than to manage behavior. As leaders mature, their leadership questions — and the impact of those questions—begin to change. They don’t ask more questions to stay in control. They ask fewer, better questions to create clarity, ownership, and trust. Early in a leadership career, questioning often looks like interrogation. Leaders probe for details, ask rapid‑fire follow‑ups, and jump quickly from one line of inquiry to another. The intent is usually good—understanding,…

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From Execution to Ownership: The Shift Senior Leaders Must Make to Have Leadership Impact

February 2, 2026

Motivation and a Culture of Performance

As a leader you are measured by your leadership impact, not by your individual output. As your career grows, so does your leadership impact. At some point as you rise into the ranks of leadership, doing excellent work is no longer enough. Not because the work isn’t good—but because leadership is no longer measured by individual output. It’s measured by impact. At senior levels, leadership stops being about what you deliver and becomes about what others are able to do…