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Service isn’t a personality trait. It’s a leadership skill.

When leaders remove friction, listen deeply, and support the people doing the work, performance improves—not because people are pushed, but because they’re trusted.

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Service-Based Leadership: Why Serving Your Team Gets Results
Service-based leadership builds trust, motivation, and accountability. Learn why leaders who serve their teams create stronger performance and commitment.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Leadership presence is what turns values into real leadership.

New post on how leaders stay steady, build trust, and shape culture through daily behaviors — plus a story of one VP’s transformation.

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How Leadership Presence Brings Your Values to Life
Learn how leadership presence turns your values into daily leadership behaviors, strengthens trust, and helps you navigate difficult moments with confidence.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Want a leadership style you can trust under pressure?
Start with defining your values.

New post shares the exercise I use with clients to build leadership presence and clarity.

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How to Define Your Leadership Values and Signature Style
Try a simple exercise to define your leadership values, strengthen your presence, and create a signature leadership style you can rely on in any situation.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Strong leadership isn’t charisma — it’s values. Your signature leadership style is the anchor that steadies you when everything else is shifting.

New post on why it matters and how it shapes culture + trust.

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Why Every Leader Needs a Signature Leadership Style
Discover how defining your signature leadership style creates trust, strengthens culture, and helps you lead with clarity, presence, and purpose.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The difference between employee engagement vs employee satisfaction is the difference between comfort and motivation. One predicts retention. The other predicts performance.

New post breaking down why engagement matters most.

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Employee Engagement vs Employee Satisfaction: What to Measure?
Understand employee engagement vs employee satisfaction and how each impacts performance, retention, & profitability. Engagement more strongly predicts success.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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This is the end of My Gratitude Project for 2025, but of course, there is no end to gratitude and empathy. These are enduring goals, skills—and universal human needs.

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The Magic of Empathy and Gratitude | Gratitude Project Day 30
My Gratitude Project 2025 concludes, but empathy and gratitude never end. These timeless gifts create connection, love, and meaning every day.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Why do some people seem incapable of understanding others? Here are a few of the common causes. Read more.

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Why Some People Lack Empathy | Gratitude Project Day 24
Some people seem incapable of empathy — but they’re not. Discover why insecurity, ego, or old habits block empathy and how coaching can help.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Even in the toughest moments, healing with empathy can open a door. Recently, a client tried it. Before, trauma had broken the relationship. Now, the door cracked open.

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Healing with Empathy | Gratitude Project Day 22
Empathy can heal even the most broken relationships. Discover how one act of deep listening and compassion reopened the door to love.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The psychology of empathy is the science behind empathy. It works in everyday life and also in extraordinary moments. Empathy does what admonition, judgment, and disdain cannot: change someone. lisadfostercoach.com/2025/11/17/g... #gratitude #grateful #empathy #validation #baglady #lisadfostercoach
The Psychology of Empathy | Gratitude Project Day 16
Because of the psychology of empathy, we know how to heal and change lives. Research from Linehan to Kabat-Zinn proves empathy and acceptance unlock real change.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Acceptance is acknowledging the reality of a situation without judging or trying to change it. This is a powerful practice that many of us resist. When we do get there, it almost always leads to gratitude.

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Acceptance and Empathy | Gratitude Project Day 10
Acceptance is empathy in action. Learn how acknowledging reality without judgment transforms resistance into gratitude and healing.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Executive coaching or leadership coaching? Here’s how they differ—and how to find the right coach for your goals.

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Executive Coaching vs Leadership Coaching | What’s the Difference?
Learn the difference between executive coaching vs leadership coaching, what each costs, and how to find the right coach for your goals and career.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Thinking about leadership coaching? These 7 questions help you find the right coach before you hire them.

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7 Important Questions to Ask a Coach Before You Hire Them
So, you think you found a coach? Vet them with these questions to ask a coach. Find the one whose experience, certifications, and coaching style fit your goals.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Before you hire a coach, get clear on what kind of growth you want.

These 7 questions help you choose a coach who actually fits your goals and learning style.

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Hire a Coach
Before you hire a coach, ask yourself these 7 questions to clarify your goals, learning style, and readiness—and find the best coach for your growth.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Leaders don’t need more hustle. They need clearer coaching goals.

Turn your everyday frustrations into the skills that build confidence, trust, and motivation.

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Set the Right Coaching Goals for Leadership Success
Set coaching goals that match your real challenges. Discover the six leadership skills that drive success and explore how leadership coaching helps you grow.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Coaching, teaching, and therapy all help us grow—but the difference is in intent and process.

Teaching transfers knowledge.
Therapy heals the past.
Coaching builds the future.

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Coaching vs Teaching vs Therapy — Which Is Better for You?
Learn the key differences between coaching vs teaching vs therapy — and how to choose the right one to reach your growth, confidence, and performance goals.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Why hire a coach? Because even high performers need perspective.

Atul Gawande’s story shows it best: growth doesn’t stop when you’re good—it stops when you stop learning.

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Why Hire a Coach — and How to Find the Right Coach for You
Thinking of hiring a coach? Learn why coaching works and how to find the right coach for you to reach your next level of growth and success.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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You already know what you think — a meeting’s value lies in discovering what others see or know that you don’t.

When you call a meeting to learn instead of inform, everything changes.

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How to Make Meetings More Engaging for Real Participation
Learn how to make meetings more engaging with 7 leadership habits that inspire participation, build trust, and turn updates into real conversations.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Hard work alone doesn’t get you noticed — connection does.

Visibility at work isn’t about ego; it’s about being part of the conversation that moves things forward.
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Visibility at Work: How to Get Noticed for the Right Reasons
Learn why visibility at work matters, how to build career visibility with confidence, and the leadership skills that turn recognition into real influence.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Great teams don’t play the blame game.

They take ownership, learn fast, and move forward together.
Here’s how to build that same culture at work

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Why the Best Teams Take Ownership — and How to Build It on Your Team
Discover what makes teams take ownership of their work — and why it starts with leadership. Learn how culture, team goals, and belonging drive accountability and motivation at work.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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A quick empathetic response can flip a mistake into motivation. Empathy at work isn’t softness—it’s performance. lisadfostercoach.com/2025/10/03/e...
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Empathy at Work: How Leaders Build Motivation & Performance
Discover how empathy at work drives engagement and performance. Learn practical ways leaders can use empathy to unlock motivation and results.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Leaders aren’t born—they practice the right skills.
I put together my best leadership resources so you can build trust, confidence, respect, alignment & better decision making today.
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Your Leadership Hub: Practical Leadership Resources, Guides & Solutions
Explore practical leadership resources on trust, confidence, empathy, team alignment, and decision making—plus quick starts, case studies, and tools to improve results today.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Confidence at work isn’t faking it—it’s leading from your values with authority without ego.

Build confidence that lasts (and learn why it’s one of the most powerful leadership skills you can develop).

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Confidence at Work – Build Authority Without Ego
Discover how to build real confidence at work. Learn practical steps to build authority without ego, stay calm under pressure, and earn lasting trust.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Trust, not control, drives team performance.
Quick research roundup + why high-trust teams move faster, with fewer errors.
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Trust Drives Team Performance: What the Research Shows
Want better team performance? Build trust. Research shows trust—not control—boosts ownership, information flow, and results.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Heads-down excellence is great, but it can be invisible.
Try these 6 ways to raise your profile without burnout.

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September 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Empathy isn’t soft—it’s a leadership advantage. Six ways to practice it (without lowering standards) lisadfostercoach.com/2025/09/03/e...
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Empathy in Leadership: Build Trust, Inspire Teams, Drive Results
Empathy isn’t soft—it’s power. Research shows that empathy in leaders builds trust, boosts performance, and inspires teams to succeed.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM