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ITLMA Keynote Speaker Diane Foster |
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Written by Michael Hoover
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Apr 22, 2009 at 02:52 PM |
Diane is a Master Certified Coach and has over 10 years coaching experience. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and National Certified Counselor. She has combined experience in business management, education, counseling, coaching, and training. Diane has linked her business and counseling skills to successfully help executives attain quantifiable leadership proficiency.
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Diane is the creator of the Lead from Greatness™ coaching process. This process grew out of her work with corporate leaders.
Diane works closely with clients to facilitate positive change. She helps clients understand underlying factors that motivate behaviors, and then she assists in the unfolding and discovery process to identify behavioral goals that will produce desired outcomes.
Diane has coached small business owners, professionals, executives, and managers in the pharmaceutical, banking, consulting, education,
non-profit, health care, and insurance industries.
Diane has designed and implemented training programs such as “Psychology for Managers,” “Change Yourself, Change Your Life, “Managing Difficult People,” “Coaching Skills for Managers,” “Stress Management,” “Leadership Skills,” “Assertiveness Skills,” and “Leading Your Life.”
Her areas of expertise include leadership coaching, executive development, assessment and feedback, and performance coaching.
Diane has taught business management, psychology, and communication courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Diane holds a Masters in Counseling Psychology, a Masters in Business Administration, and Bachelors in Business Education. She is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Coaching Program at Georgetown University. She has attained additional coach training from the Hudson Institute and College of Executive Coaching. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the International Coaching Federation (Indianapolis) and Special Olympics. She is a Member of the National Board of Certified Counselors and past member of the National Speakers Association, Professional Status.
SKILLS
- Leadership Coaching
- Assessments (Leadership, Personality, 360°)
- Executive and Team Development
- Lead from Greatness™ Coaching
PROJECTS
- Coached executives in change methods for
improving interpersonal skills and leadership
effectiveness.
- Worked with challenging executives in coaching
relationships to create change around a variety
of issues. A partial topic list includes:
aggressive communication style, inadequate
listening skills, lack of self-confidence, poor
conflict resolution style, limited interpersonal
skills, leadership style, delegation, and
perfectionism.
- Conducted career and personality assessments
to assist executives in understanding successful
and limiting behaviors. Experience with the
Leadership Practices Inventory.
- Utilized multiple assessment tools including 360°
to measure leadership impact and created
timely development plans based on feedback.
Certified as a Leadership Circle Consultant.
- Served as professional coach in an Assessment
Center for Sales and Leadership training.
Evaluated simulations and made
recommendations for skill development.
- Co-created a comprehensive Leadership
program that encompassed topics of leadership
styles, self-assessment, communication
techniques, motivating employees, influencing
skills, coaching and facilitating, negotiating,
problem solving, team building, delegating,
resolving conflict, and change management.
- Conducted Human Resource Focus Groups
covering The Great Place to Work Survey.
- Created assessment tools: “Self-Limiting
Behaviors,” “Listening Questionnaire,” “Life
Values Profile,” and “Leadership Transparency”.
- Partial Client List: WellPoint (Anthem, Inc,),
Federal Home Loan Bank, Roche Diagnostics,
Sallie Mae, St. Vincent Hospitals, 500 Festival,
Spherion, Choice Hotels, Bayer Healthcare, and
RTV6.
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Last Updated ( May 04, 2009 at 09:51 AM )
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