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Yolanda Wisher, Executive Director, Mural Arts

My staff always knew when I had a coaching session coming up and they looked forward to it as much as I did.  They knew how much it fortified and empowered me.  Diane’s wisdom and guidance helped me to navigate a difficult time–being new to an organization and new to an industry.  She was such a lifeline for me, helping me to rise above my struggles into a deeper understanding of my work as a leader.  Having Diane as a touchstone during this part of my career was invaluable and will certainly inform my life and work going forward.

William F. Claggett, Former Director of CEDA for the City of Oakland

As the new Executive director of the community and Economic Development Agency (CEDA) for the City of Oakland, I inherited a great many civil service dis-empowered systems, and a culture of “entitlement”.  The agency embraced diverse functions with a large staff of nearly 400 people operating in 15 “silos”.  My direct reports were not used to having cross functional responsibilities or collaborative problem-solving as a team  We developed a team-building process supported by Diane and her Associates who coached key leaders in the five major CEDA Departments.  Her skilled and sensitive work directly supported improved performance management, increased cross-organization collaboration, and substantially improved business processes.  Diane supports leaders in difficult times and enhances their ability to work in high performing teams.

Kay Crull, Executive Vice President

Heaven knows how I will cope without the security of knowing I can call you for a couple sessions when things were getting rough! I feel so much better prepared to manage this complex environment with the leadership skills you helped me develop. My enduring thanks!

Gina Koenig, Research Leader, Roche Molecular Systems

Diane has great insight into how personality types affect professional interactions. She helped me learn how to be successful as a leader in working with personality types different from my own. She analyzed my strengths and weaknesses and gave me tools to increase my awareness, presence and patience. I highly recommend Diane as a Master Certified Coach.

Executive Team Member, Kitchell Corporation

Diane Foster has been “organizational coach” to the Kitchell Corporation for over 3 years.  Her work has supported the Leadership program that made the front page of the Wall Street Journal. We are grateful for her insight and ability to translate it corporate wide.

Donna Fisher, Chief Manufacturing Executive, American Red Cross Biomedical Services

I cannot thank you enough for the work we did together over that 9 month period. It remains invaluable to me, but yes, there is no further funding for executive coaching for an executive who is doing really well! I continue to apply and use the skills and behaviors we worked together to improve and my various operations are all doing really well and hitting their marks these days. My relationship with  ———–is also much improved so really, everything is “blue sky” at this point and I am getting to do some proactive things these days.